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CONTANING ALSO 
AN ABBREVIATED RECORD OF THE 



KINDRED FAMILIES 



SHOWING THEIR RELATION TO THE HINMANS 



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COLLECTED FROM STATE. COLONY, TOWN AND 

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SERGEANT EDWARD HINMAN 






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INTRODUCTION 



Belicvinp- il to he their duty tu their desceiulants, the seven 
sons of Abncr Hinnian II, have caused to he compiled and 
issued, this record of the descendants in (hrect line from Ser- 
geant Edward Hinv.ian, the Pilgrim, to their father. Al)ncr 11. 
This has been a'-'-omplished at the cost of much time and some 
expense, hut :■, not issued with the ohject of financial gain; 
luit for the .?ole purpose of producing an authentic record of 
the Hinmans to date, and of the kindred families to the point 
of their junction with the Hinmans, in so far as we have heen 
able to obtain authentic data in that respect; all tu he handed 
down to future generations, that those yet to come may more 
readily gather the strands here necessarily laid down and be 
able more easily to keep their family record complete. 

This production is. therefore, not jjlaced on sale, is not 
copyrighted, 1)ut is issued only with the above intentions, and 
only for gratuitous distribution among the seven sons of Abner 
Hinman II and Emma Shaw Hinman. his wife, and their 
descendants. 

We desire to ackncjwledge our pr(jfound ol)ligation to Royal 
R. Hinman. whose able work. "Catalogue of the h'irst Puritan 
Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut." issued in 1856. has fur- 
nished us absohUely authentic data covering the period down 
to the beginning of the nineteenth centurw h'rom that i)oint 
on to the present the line has been completed b\- data kindl}- fur- 
nished by old people of the family, who gladly live again the 
years of the past, mentally renew the associations of their younger 
days, and from the brightest spots in memory, glean a splendid 
heritage, to pass it on down the generations to those who in 
their turn shall follow them. 

Royal R. Hinman^ (Gen. Ephriams, David^, Benjamin, ]vJ, 
Benjamin Sr.-, Sergeant EdwardO. to whose work above men- 
tioned we are so deeply indebted, was a rnan of superior attain- 



4 THE HINMANS. 

ments. He g:raduated al ^'alc C'lillci^c in the class of 1804. with 
John C. Callioun. I K'nry K. Storrs. Dr. John rirrpmit, and others 
of that prominent class. He studied law and was admitted to 
the liar in Connecticut in 1S07 and practiced in Roxbury and 
Southinglon. \\"liile in the latter ])lace he ser\ed as Judg"c and 
Clerk of Probate, and was lor ten }ears Tostniaster at Roxbury, 
and Ma^^istrate twenty-five >ears. In 18 1<; he was Major and 
Inspector of the Sixth llri^ade of lnfantr\- of L'onnecticut. l'\)r 
four sessions he was a nieniber of the Ceneral Asseml)ly of the 
State. He was a member of several college societies, an original 
member ol the Connecticut Historical Society, honorarv mem- 
ber of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, New 
Jersey Historical .Society, I'ennsylvania Flistorical Society, and 
the Iowa Historic Society. Tti 1835 he was elected Secretary 
of State of Connecticut, being re-elected seven years in succession 
thereafter. He was Collector of Customs for the I'ort of New 
Haven in 1844, a member of the National Convention in Baltimore 
the same \ear. .Xbout that time he was nominated by the Presi- 
dent of tlu' Cnited Stales for Postmaster at Hartford and re- 
jected by the Senate for being neither a \ an Ikiren nor ("lay 
adherant. He also held various otiier positions of honor and 
trust under the legislature of Connecticut in revising the public 
statutes and acts of incor])oration of that State. He wrote (|u4e 
extensively of the early history of his State and its I'uritan 
settlers, beside various other historical works. He afterwards 
removed to New York City where, w\' believe, he died. 

In his work, "Catalogue of the h'irst Puritan Settlers of the 
Colony of Connecticut," page 884, he says: 

"Descendants usuall\- have some curiosity to know the size, 
general appearance, stature, color of eyes, and complexion of their 
first ancestors in this cotmtry. As no portrait is found of Ser- 
geant Edward llinman. they are left to depend on tradition for 
these facts. He was about six feet in height, with light, large 
eyes, and muscular in frame, having been an officer was straight 
in person, with an easy movement. The black eyes, now so 
frequent in the family, have crept in through the numerous wives 
connected with his descendants. Many stories are related of the 
great muscular powers, not only of Sergeant Edward, of Strat- 



TIIR ITTNlVrANS. 5 

ford, but of several of his early descendants. Those of the name 
were uniformly of a light complexion, tall in person, and in 
advanced life became corpulent." 

In the same work, page 809: '"The name of Hinman is 
found in England. Ireland, and Scotland ; also in Germany, end- 
ing in two n's— Hinmann. If the name was originally spelled 
with an H. it is difficult to determine whether they were Scotch. 
German, or English, as it is not a freciuent name in either country. 
Lower, in his book of surnames, gives the origin of Hinman and 
Inman. where the H is considered only as a cockney prefix." 

"The coats-of-arms for Inman and Hinman in Berry's Her- 
aldry, which is infallable. and in a book of crests found in some 
libraries, one of which is in the Congressional Library at \\ ash- 
ington. shows the two names to have originally been the same 
name, with or without the H prefix." 

"Coat-of-Arms of Inman. by ISurke. viz.. W^rt. on chev. or., 
three roses gu. slipped and leaved of the first. Crest— (Jn a mount 
vert a wivern pjir. ducally gorged and lined or." 



In the preparation of this work, we have stood by the graves 
of our ancestors, and. with fast-beating hearts, contemplated the 
past, with its wealth of character. And now, with eager eyes 
turning to the future and "as the long train of ages glides away." 
may the family, generation after generation, be true to the sacred 
trust enjoined upon them to preserve and perpetuate the names 
and records of a worthy ancestry, and may they hold in their 
highest esteem the splendid heritage of a direct lineal blood 
descent from the Pilgrim and the Revolutionary fathers. May 
they be not unmindful of the sterling characters and goodly lives 
that have preceded them, and may their lives be such as to war- 
rant f^rijiia facie their claim to membership in such a family. 

The Seventh Son. 



THE HINMANS 



SERGEANT Kdwaki) MiNMAN Wcis llic first aiul (Mily emigrant 
of the name found in America. He tirst appeared in Stratford, 
Connecticut. 'Jdie e.xact time of his arrival there cannot be ascer- 
tained, as the first ten years of the record at Stratford was 
destroyed by fire about 1649. '^'^^^ veai' of his arrival was alx-nt 
i6so, or before. A tradition has come down from the earliest 
(lavs in New England, in fact, from Sergeant Edward himself, 
that he had l)Llonged to, and constituted one of the body-guard 
of King Charles I of England, as Sergeant-at-Arms, and that he 
escaped in the days of Oliver Cromwell, the Protector, to save 
his life from the halter, as Cromwell's vengeance was wreaked 
upon all such as favored the Crown. This, if true, proves Ser- 
geant Edward to have been a most trustworthy loyalist and an 
honest man. for no others could have received the confidence of 
the throne at that critical i)eriod of the I'.ritish government. As 
he held the title of Sergeant from his first settlement at Strat- 
ford, he probably acquired this title from his service in the life 
guard of the King. jNIany of his descendants have since been 
prompted by a military spirit and fondness of military glory, 
there having been thirteen by the name of Hinman from the town 
of Woodbury, Conn., who held military or naval commissions in 
the war of the Revolution. 

Soon after settling in Stratford, Sergeant Edward had . a 
house-lot, which is recorded and described in the "Stratford 
Records. 19th of 9th month, 1668." Royal R. Hinman, in hi^ 
work of 1856, says : 

"This house of Sergeant Edward was located upon the west 
of the present Main street in Stratford, a little southwest of that 
noble old Episcopal Church, the beauty of which is its antiquated 
structure and plainness." At a town meeting on March 7, 1654, 
and again on February 2, 1664, various pieces of land were as- 
signed to him by division of the town lands. The records "alsQ 



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THE HINMANS. 



show where he purchased lands at different times. While at 
Stratford, he was a farmer and extensive land holder and was 
accounted a man of good judgment. He was the first owner of 
the old tide-mill hetween Stratford and what is now Bridgeport, 
and some of his descendants have owned and been concerned in 
milling since. Sergeant Edward's ear mark for his cattle was 
recorded at Stratford, "the iSth day, 9th month, 1662," viz., "a 
slit right down the first q'r of the ofif ear. and a little slit across 
the upper side of the same ear." His son, Edward, Jr., took 
his father's ear-mark September 25, 1698. 

Soon after coming to Stratford. Sergeant Edward married 
Hannah, daughter of Francis and Sarah Stiles, of Windsor. The 
time of the marriage is not found. It was probably in 165 1 or 
1652, as his first child was born in 1653. 

Sergeant Edward sold his homestead in Stratford in 1681 to 
Richard Bryan, of Milford, and about this time made his will at 
Woodbury, in which he calls himself of Woodbury. He died 
November 26, 1681. It is supposed he died at Stratford, as his 
will was proved and his estate settled in the probate court at 
Fairfield, in 1682, where his will is recorded, and in which he re- 
membered each of his children and directed that his voungest 
son. Edward, Jr., be brought up to a trade with Jehial Preston, 
of Stratford. He might, however, have died at Woodbury, as 
Woodbury was then part of Fairfield county. His grave is not 
found either in Stratford or Woodbury, but his death is recorded 
in Stratford. 

Sergeant Edward was a man of pure character, and was 
noted for his integrity and strict honesty in all his dealings in life. 
This has been characteristic of most of his descendants. No one 
of the name has ever been publicly punished for an offence, how- 
ever many may have deserved it. 

Sergeant Edward's children, born in Stratfortl, were : ( i ) 
Sarah, b. Sept. 10. 1653, m. Wm. Roberts, of Stratford. (2) 
Titus, b. June, 1655, settled in Woodbury. (3) Samuel, b. 
1658, settled in Woodbury. (4) Benjamin, b. Feb., 1662-3, 
settled in Woodbury. (5) Hannah, b. July 15. 1666. (6) 
Mary, b. 1668. (7) Patience, b. 1670, m. John Burroughs on 
Jan. 10, 1694. (8) EDWARD, JR., b. 1672, 



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Edward Hinmak, Jr., f<nirtli and youngest son of Sergeant 
Edward llinnian, of Stratford, was horn at Stratford in 1672 and 
was the only son of Sergeant Edward to settle at Stratford with 
his father. In accordanee with his father's last will and testament 
he was brought up to a trade b\- Jehial Preston, with whom he 
remained until he became of age. Edward. Jr., drew eighteen 
acres of land in the land division in Woodbury in 1702, from which 
it appears he might have been in W'txxlbury for a short time; 
but it is evident he lived and died at Stratford, where all his chil- 
dren were born and where some of their descendants are yet 
found. He was one of the first Episcopalians in Connecticut and 
signed the first petition to sift out the churchmen from the con- 
ereeationalists in that colon v. The descendants of Edward. Jr., 
are now found in all parts of the L'nited States, from the Atlantic 
to the Pacitic, sustaining a high character for integrity and moral 
worth. 

Edward, Jr., married Hannah, daughter of Joshua Jennings, kJ^- 
Jr., and Mary Lyon, his wife, and had twelve children loom in 
Stratford: (1) Jonah or Jonas, b. Nov. 5. 1700, settled at 
Newark, N. J. (2) Hannah, b. March 3, 1702. (3) Zach- 
ariah, b. Jan. 27, 1704. (4) SAMUEL, b. 1705. (5) Justus, b. 
Dec. 28. 1707. (6) Ebenezer, b. Oct. 5, 1709, d. young. (7) 
Sarah, b. Oct. 171 1. (8) John, b. Nov. 1713. (9) Rachel, 
b. Dec. 4. 1715. (10) Ebenezer. b. Aug. 16, 1717. (n) 
Amos, b. Oct. 18. 1720. (12) Charity, b. June 6, 1723. 

The following facts regarding Hannah Jennings have been 
gleaned from Barber's Historical Collection of Connecticut : 
Hannah Jennings Hinman, wife of Edward, Jr., died on her 99th 
birthdav, Julv 25, 1777. Twenty years before her death, she had 
a premonition that she would live to be 99 years of age, l)ut no 
more. She said that a venerable, comely person, whom she used 
to call her guardian angel and whom she had seen once before, 
appeared to her and asked her age. She told him, upon which 
he replied. "You will not live to an hundred }ears, but almost; 
you will live to be 9<) and then die." She often mentioned this 
to her friends and was so confidently persuaded of the truth of it 
tliat she would frequently count upon how long she had to live. 
She arose on the morning of her 99th birthday in her usual goQcj 



10 THE HINMANS. 

health. Her son. John Hinman. with whom she hved, said to 
her. ••\\\-]l. mother, the day has arrived." She rephed, "Yes, 
and I shall die today." As she did in the afternoon of the day 
afore told. 

Captain Samuel Hinman, third son of Edward. Jr.. of 
Stratford, was born in 1705. I k- was hy profession a surveyor of 
L-md. He removed when a young man to Litehficid, after whieh 
he became one of the early proprietors and first settlers of Goshen, 
where he surveyed the town and lands for individuals. He bid 
off one rii,dit in Coshen on February 14. 1738, and had the 46th 
choice for his first division. His first survey bill was dated 
J)ec. 7, 1738. He erected a loi; house there as early as 1738 or 
1739. and was one of the proprietors committee for laying out 
most of the early divisions of land in (loshen, and was frequently 
called to fill the ordinary offices of the town. Although 70 years 
of age at the breaking out of the Revolutionary war. he served as 
a soldier in the Continental army. (See p. 709. History of Litch- 
field County.) He died at Goshen in 1784. Not known whom 
he married. He had ten children : (1) Lois. m. Norton. (2) 
Sarah, b. July 5, 1731. (3) Wilkinson, b. June 8, 1733. (4-5) 
Samuel and Mary, twins, 1). July 26. 1736. (6) [oseph, b. 
March 7. J738. (7) PHlNEAS, b. March 31. 1740. (8) 
Ascher, b. March 13, 1742. (9) Lewis. (10) Wait, b. 1748, 
m. Mary Howe. 

PniNEAs Hinman, fourth son of Captain Sanuiel, was born 
at Goshen, March 31. 1740. m. Rhoda Hubbel. She d. Aug. 19, 
1819, aged 78 years. He m. Ruth Colt soon afterward, and died 
at Goshen. He was a blacksmith by trade and lived for a time 
in Torrington, and then removed to Goshen to occupy a tract of 
land deeded to him by his father, Aug. 12. 1771, in the northeast 
part of Goshen. He served in the war of the Revolution, enlist- 
ing from Goshen, Dec. 2^, 1776, "to march for the relief of the 
Continental army." (See p. 612, Connecticut in the Revo'ution. ) 
He had nine children : (i) Truman. (2) ABNER. (3) 
Rutli, m. Edman Oviatt. (4) Olive, m. James Royce. (5) 
Polly, m. John Royce, Jr. (6) Grove. (7) Hannah. (8) 
Lucina. (9) Betsy. 



THE IIIN^rANS. II 

Captain Abner Hinman, second son of Phineas, was born 
at Goshen, June 20, 1781. On Oct. 18, 1803, he married Lydia 
Beckwith (b. Dec. 7, 1784), of Goshen, daughter of Samuel 
T'eckwith and Lois Winchell, his wife. Four children were born 
in Goshen: (i) Erastus, b. Oct. 2, 1804. (2) WILLIS, b. 
Aug-. 29, 1806. (3) Chauncey, b. Jan. 5, 1808. (4) Julia 
Ann, b. Dec. 24, 1809, d. 1835, in Phelps, N. Y. In 181 1, Capt. 
Abner removed to Olean, Cattaraugus County. N. Y., where two 
more children were born : (5) Charlotte, b. Dec. 16, 181 1. (6) 
Lydia, b. Aug. 6. 1813, d. 1838 at Lodi Plains, Mich. 

The following is related by Charles Wesley Hinman. son of 
Willis and grandson of Capt. Abner: "In ]\Iay. 181 1, Captain 
Abner. with his family, started for Olean, N. Y., where he had 
two married sisters. Much of the way was through an unbroken 
forest and often the roads were so uneven that his wife. Lydia, 
would be obliged to walk and drive while .-\bner held the wagon 
from upsetting. Even with this precaution, the wagon divl upset 
several times. Thus they plodded on. building camp fires at night 
to frighten away the wild beasts. Lydia and the two younger 
children sleeping in the wagon while Abner and the two oUler 
slept by the fire upon the ground. On their westward march 
tliey stopped several days in Madison and Oneida Counties, New 
York, to visit Abner 's two brothers. Grove and Truman, who 
owned farms, one on each side of the county line. From thence 
thev proceeded on their way to Phelps. Ontario CouiUw where 
Lydia had a brother and a sister living. After a visit at Phelps, 
thev again took up their journey toward Olean. When within 
a day's journey of the latter place. Willis Thrall, brother-in-law 
of Abner, and his man met them with an ox team and a horse. 
The fresh team and horse were hitched to the wagon and Abner's 
wearied yoke followed on behind. Lydia and her five-year-old 
son, Willis, rode the remaining horse, one having died during the 
long and tiresome journey of nearly four hundred and fifty miles. 
At Olean, Captain Abner bought one hundred acres of wild land, 
for which he paid three hundred dollars in cash. This he im- 
proved by clearing, erecting buildings, planting fruit trees, etc. 
In January, 181 5, he was engaged in getting stone out of Olean 
creek for the foundation of a church and a school house. This 



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work took liiin into the water more or less, from which exposure 
he contracted ])ncum(inia and (Hed January 26, 1815." In later 
years, Lytlia, liis \\it\\ ciften related to her i^'randchildren how 
Captain Ahner had marched as Captain at tlie head of his com- 
])any of mihtia, from ( )]ean to I'.utTalo to aid in the defense of 
the latter ])lace aj^ainst the T.rilish in the war of 1812, hefore 
Perry had won Iiis victory on Lake h'rie. I'liineas Hinman. the 




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CAPTAIN ABNER HINMAN AND HIS WIFE. LYDIA 

From Profiles taken In 1809 

father of Aimer, had a presentiment on the day of the latter's 
birth, that his son Abner would Ijc the hrst of his children to 
die, and so it proved to be. all the others living to old age. After 
Abner's deatli, WiUis Thrall bought the farm, agreeing to pay the 
widow, l.ydia. three hundred dollars therefor, a balance of which, 
is still unpaid. I'om- weeks after the death of her husband, 
Lydia's brother Sanmel and brother-in-law. John Richards, came 
to Clean with two teams and nioved her and her family of little 



TITR ITINAfANS. ^3 

ones, with their belongings, to the Richard's farm in Phelps, 
where she could better provide for and educate her children. In 
1816 she joined the Presbyterian Church at Oaks Corners and 
had her children baptized. ( )n July y, 1818. she married Ephraim 
Taylor of Phelps. (Ephraim Taylor served as private in Cap- 
tain John Howe's company of infantry, io8th regiment (Brit- 
ian's) New York Militia, War of 18 12.) Taylor died Decem- 
ber 2, 1 83 1, leaving her a widow's portion of his farm south of 
Newark, N. Y. Here she lived until 1877, when she went to 
make her home with her son. Chauncey Hinman, near Jeddo. 
Orleans County. N. Y., where she spent the remainder of her 
days, living to' see descendants to the fourth generation. She 
died Sunday, October 10, 1880. aged nearly ninety-six years. 
One of her sons, Willis, himself then a man of seventy-four years, 
writing at the time of her death, .said: "We feel that the life 
and death of so noble and true a woman is worthy of more than 
passing notice. For ninety-six years she trod the weary path of 
life, displaying a character and disposition that endeared her to 
all. In her last illness all that the highest skill and tenderest 
love could do, was done: but exhausted nature was too weak, 
and with her aged hand in that of her son's, without a struggle, 
without a groan, she passed away. Grandma Taylor, as she 
was lovingh- called, had a great love for the Bible, reading it 
through by course each year for more than forty years. Her 
mind and memory were as firm and vigorous as in early life, 
and so lightly rested the weight of years upon her that those who 
saw her twenty years ago, would hardly note a change of form 
or feature. Her life had covered the inauguration of the first 
nineteen Presidents of the United States. She was five years old 
when Washington was first inaugurated, fifteen years oUl when 
he died, and lived to within one month of the election of Gar- 
field. 

"Her love for flowers was never more marked than during 
the past season. In great variety they raised their bright heads 
from out the leafy beds her own hands had planted. They decked 
the trees, hanging from cups ; they climbed the fences, hung about 
the doorways, bidding the stranger welcome with their shining 
faces. They bordered the walks and bloomed around the dwell- 



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WILLIS HINMAN. OF PHELPS 
1806- 1896 



THE HINMANS. 1$ 

injT like an Eden. I'erhaps she little thought that those she 
eherished most would rest upon her eold heart l)encath the valley's 
sod. Yet so it was ; for as gently as the night eloses the sleep- 
ing petals of the llowers, so gently did the night of death elose 
around her, hidding her to lie down and rest and, like a tired 
rhild, she yielded ami sank into that long and dreamless sleep 
that knows no waking." 

Era.stus Hinman, first child of Captain Ahncr, h. ( )etol:)er 2, 
i(So4, in Goshen, Connecticut. After the death of his father in 
Olean, he returned to Goshen in 1816, where he lived with his 
trrandfather. Phineas, till 1820, when he removed to T'raceville, 
Truiulmll County, ( )hio. He lived there several years, taught 
school, owned a farm, joined the Preshyterian Church, and 
served as leader of the Church choir. Ahout 1826. he married 
Harriet Stow. Had one son, Edward Erastus, died in infancy. 
Harriet, the mother, died ahout the same time. He then sold 
his property there, and moved to Geneva, Ashtalnda County, 
Ohio, where he established a saw mill, sieve factory, etc. He 
eventually sold all his property, and died Xovemher 2^, 1887, in 
Cunningham. Kansas. 

\\'iLi.is HiNMAN, second son of Captain Ahner, l)orn Au- 
gust. 29. 1806. in Goshen, Connecticut. Removed with his par- 
ents to Olean. N. Y., in 1811. After the death of his father in 
1815, ^\'illis made his home with Willis Thrall and his wife, 
Lucina Thrall, the latter a sister of Captain Abner Hinman. 
When eighteen years of age, he went to Newark, N. Y., and 
learned the carpenter trade. In 1825, he married Mary Taylor, 
daughter of Ephriam Taylor, his stepfather. He purchased a 
farm adjoining that of his mother's in Phelps, where he lived 
about seventy years, during which time he added to his acreage 
and erected new buildings. From this first marriage, five chil- 
dren were horn, all of whom, excepting ABNER, died in infancy. 
Mary Taylor, his wife, died January 9. 1835. On December 31, 
1835, he married Olive Almyra Miller (b. 1817 in Columbia 
County, N. Y., and d. 1885 at Newark, N. Y.) In 1837, he was 
first-lieutenant in the 19th Regulars of Artillery. Willis possessed 
many characteristics which made it easy for him to win the con- 



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THE HINMANS. 



fidence, esteem, and friendship of all with whom he associated. 
His genial and sunny temperament and loyal spirit enabled him 
to hold to the end that wdiich he attained. He was a member 
of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Newark, and in his 
active years was somewhat prominent in church work. The 
last ten years of his life were spent in cheerfully, patiently, 
waiting- the summons to "come home." Surrounded by every 
comfort the heart could wish, experiencing much satisfaction in 





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ABNER HINMAN II AND HIS WIFE. EMMA SHAW HINMAN 



witnessing the progress and development in life of his children, 
and his children's children, encompassed by their tender solicitude. 
he w^as happy in the thought that, at most, the time would not 
be long. His life was complete. He was ready to go. He died 
April 8, 1896, and was buried at Newark, N. Y. 

By the second marriage he had seven children, hve of whom 
have lived to mature age : Charles Wesley, Catherine Amanda, 
Alida Jane, Jasper Willis, John Francis. 

Abner Hinman H, third son of Willis Hinman and Mary 
Taylor, his wife., was born July 10, 1828, in Phelps. On Feb- 



THE HINMANS. 17 

ritai')' 14, 1854, lie married l^innia J. Shaw (sec Shaw and War- 
ing records), daughter of Wilson Shaw and Emily Waring, his 
wife, of Carlton, N. Y. He settled in Kendall, X. Y., and en- 
gaged in farming from 1854 to 1857, then returned to Phelps 
and continued farming until the spring of 1863, when he returned 
to Kendall and engaged in the work of a stone and brick mason 
with his father-in-law. After the latter's death in 1869, Abner 
continued the business in his own name. Later three of his 
sons were associated with him in the work of contracting in this 
line — Willis, Clark, and A. Ward. He was town clerk of the 
town of Kendall for five years. He served several years as school 
trustee and also as clerk of the l^iion School of Kendall. For 
man^• years he was trustee and steward of the ^lethodist Ep\s- 
<-opal Church of the same place, also superintendent of the Sun- 
day School for a number of years, and class leader for twenty 
years. He resided at his homestead in Kendall t,;^, years, after 
which he removed to Oswego, N. Y., in November. 1897, at the 
instance of his son Elmer, to aid the latter in superintending his 
real estate interests. He now resides there. He had seven chil- 
dren, all sons— Willis Urban. Clarke Eugene, Albert Waring, 
Abner Ward, Earle Chester. Elmer Llewellyn, and .\diu A^incent. 

The First Son. 

Willis Crb.\n Hinman, first son of Abner, was born jul\' 
I, 1856, at West Kendall, N. Y. Educated in the Union School 
in Kendall and in the State Normal School in Ih'ockport. He 
taught schools and was with his father in the latter's business 
fourteen years, after which he removed to Hoosick I'^alls, N. Y., 
where he served as principal of the grammar department of the 
village schools from 1887 to 1892. He then reiuoved to Still- 
water, N. Y., where he served as principal of the Stillwater High 
School from 1892, to the time of his death. May 10, 1902. While 
living in Kendall, he was two terms Commissioner of Highways 
of the town, and throughout his adult life was prominent in sev- 
eral secret orders. On July i, 1878, he married Mary Emma 
Wall of Kendall, daughter of John Charles Wall and Sarah N. 
Heaven, his wife. She w-as born at Swindon, near London, 



I 8 THE HINMANS. 

England, on Sept. 7, 1856. TTc bad two sons. Willis Edward 
and Archie Stanle.v. 

Wn.TJS Edward Hinman, lirst son of Willis Urban, was 
born jnly 2J, 1879, at Kendall, N. Y. Removed w ith his parents 
to Hoosiek Ealls, and Stillwater. Graduated from Stillwater 
High School in i8(;5. Taught school in Saratoga County, N. Y. 
Attended the Albany Normal College from i8(/) to i8()8. En- 
tered Colgate University, and graduated in 1904 with the degree 
of Bachelor of Science, and is now principal of the Patterson 
(N. Y.) Union School. Not married. 

Archie Stanley Hinman, second son of Willis Urban, was 
born August 29, i88r at Kendall. Removed with bis ])arents to 
Hoosiek Falls and Stillwater. Craduated from the Stillwater 
High School in 1898 and was for two years in attendance at 
Colgate University. Is at present attending the Rensselaer Poly- 
technic Institute in d'roy, N. Y. Not married. 

The Si'X'OND Son. 

Doctor Clarke Euc.ene Hinman, second son of Abner, 
born October 2, 1858, in Phelps. Educated in Kendall, the State 
Normal School at Brockbort, Eastman's National IJusiness Col- 
lege at Poughkeepsie, and at the New York Homeopathic Medical 
College and Hospital in New York City. From the last named 
college, he graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 
1895, and has since pursued the practice of his profession in Syra- 
cuse, N. Y. On March 27, 1884. he married Rose Ellen Wall 
(b. Aug. J 8, i860), of Kendall, daughter of John Charles Wall 
and Sarah N. Heaven, his wife. Has one child — Blanche Alice. 

Blanche Alice Hinman, only child and daughter of Clarke 
Eugene, was born September 5, 1887 in Kendall. Educated in 
the schools of Syracuse, graduating from the Syracuse FTigh 
School in 1905 as valedictorian of her class, and is now in attend- 
ance on the classical course in the Liberal Arts College of Syra- 
cuse University. 

The Third Son. 

Doctor Albert Waring Hinman, third son of Abner, was 
born January 16, 1861, in Phelps. Educated in Kendall, the 



THE IlINMANS. • 19 

State Normal School in I'.rockport, Eastman's National Business 
College in Poughkeepsie, and the Ontario Veterinary College in 
Toronto, Canada, graduating from the last named college with the 
degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1894. He has since 
pursued the practice of his profession in Braddock, a suburh of 
I'ittsburg, Pa. He was in the Dakotas two years, 1883-4, dur- 
ing which time he held a position on an engineer corps engaged 
in the survey and construction of a railroad extending from 
Jamestown, south, in the James River A'alley. On October 29, 
1885. he married Grace Ellen Bullard (b. July 26, 1865), of 
Hamlin, N. Y., daughter of William Holden Bullard and Emma 
Lucretia Cornell, his wife. Has one child, Roy Bullard. 

.Roy Bullard Hinman, only child and son of Albert War- 
ing, was born July 27, 1887, in Kendall, N. Y. Educated in the 
Grammar and High Schools of Braddock. At present he holds 
a position under the civil service in the Postal Department at 
Braddock, where he resides with his parents. 

The Fourth Son. 

Abner Ward Hinman, fourth son of Abner, was born 
March 11, 1863, in Phelps. Educated in Kendall, and the State 
Normal School at Brockport. He taught school several years 
in Orleans and Monroe Counties, also two years in Saratoga 
County. Was with his father in the latter's business from 1887 
to 1897, and on the latter's removal to Oswego,' he continued 
the business in his own name. He is prominently identified 
with the different societies and secret orders of Kendall. Has 
served several years as school trustee and also as town clerk of 
that town; still acting in the latter capacity. On March 11. 
1891, he married Minnie Viola Armstrong (b. March i, 1872), 
of Kendall, daughter of Thomas Armstrong and Helen Egleston, 
his wife. In 1901, he moved to his father's homestead in the 
village of Kendall and pnrchase<l the place in 1905. He now 
resides there. Has two children, l)oth sons— Ward Eugene and 
Harold Thomas. 

Ward Eugene Hin^l\n, older son of Abner Ward, was 
born November 23, 1892, in Kendall. Resides with his parents 
in Kendall. 



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THE HINMANS. 




THE SEVEN SONS OF ABNER II. 



THE HTNMANS. 2l 

Harold Thomas Hinman, younger son of Abner Ward, 
was born October 5, 1895. at Kendall. Resides with his parents 
in Kendall. 

The Fifth Son. 

Doctor Earle Chester Hinman, fifth son of Abner, was 
born August 24. 1865. at Kendall. Educated in Kendall and at 
the State Normal School in Brockbort. Taught school several 
years in Western New York, then removed to Hoosick Falls, 
k. Y.. where he was principal of the Hoosick Falls Academy. 
Later he studied medicine, graduating with the degree of Doctor 
of ]\Iedicine from the Ohio Medical University (Columbus, Ohio), 
in 1898, since which he has pursued the practice of his profession. 
On November 17, 1886. he married Gertrude L. Barber (b. Aug. 
T, 1868), of Morton. N. Y., daughter of Charles L. Barber and 
Frances M. Clement, his wife. He resides at Inland, Ohio. 
Has two children, one daughter and one son— Ruby Alta and 
Ralph Westle. 

Ruby Alta Hinman, only daughter of Earle Chester, was 
born June 29, 1887, at Morton. N. Y. Educated in the schools at 
Hoosick Falls, N. Y., Columbus. O.. and graduated from the 
Green Township High School at Inland. Ohio, in 1904. On 
July 2, 1905. she married Stanley S. Hartong (b. April 15. 1884), 
son of Solomon and Mary Hartong. She now resides on a farm 
near Inland. 

Ralph Westle Hinman. only son of Earle Chester, was 
born Mav 31. 1889, at Kendall, N. Y. Educated in the schools 
at Hoosick Falls. N. Y., and Columbus, O., and graduated from 
the Green Township High School at Inland. Ohio, in 1906. Re- 
sides at present with his parents at Inland. 

The Sixth Son. 

Doctor Elmer Lij^wellvn Hinman, sixth son of Abner. 
was born January 16. 1868, at Kendall. Educated in Kendall, the 
State Normal School at Brockport. and the New York Homeo- 
pathic Medical College and Hospital in New York City, graduat- 
ing from the last named college with the degree of Doctor of 



"12 filE IIINMANS. 

Medicine, in 1891. He has since pursued the practice of his pro- 
fession in Oswego, N. Y. Served as Examining Surgeon in the 
Recruiting Service of the United States Army from 1899 to 1902. 
inclusive. On April 22, 1891, he married Katherine Van Ben- 
schoten ( b. July 12, 1864). of Newark, N. Y.. daughter of Rev. 
Ilcnrv \'an Benschoten and Mary Xortlmp, his wife. Has one 
child, Ruth Katherine. 

Ruth Katherine Hi n man, only child and daughter of 
Elmer Llewellyn, was born June 21 , 1897, in (Jswego, N. Y. Edu- 
cated in the schools of Oswego. Resides with her parents in that 
city. 

The Seventh Son. 

Doctor Adin \"incent Hinm.vn, seventh son of Abner, was 
born October 3, 1872, at Kendall. Educated in Kendall, and the 
State Normal School at Brockport. Was a teacher in the schools 
in the vicinity of Kendall for several years. Took up the study of 
medicine and graduated from the Ohio Medical University (Col- 
umbus, O.) with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1898. On 
June 6, 1898, he married Sena Augusta MacCathron (b. Jan. 25, 
1874), of Oswego, N. Y., daughter of George MacCathron and 
Harriet A. Barlow, his wife. He has since pursued the practice 
of his profession in Youngstown, ( )hio. Is prominently identi- 
fied with several secret orders. Has one child, Elsie Lavina. 

Elsie Lavina Hinman, daughter of Adin A'iucent, was born 
October 5, 1901, in Youngstown. Resides with her parents in 
Yotmgstown. 



CiiAKi.E.s Wesley HiNx\l\n, son of \\'illis, of Phelps, b. Feb. 
I, 1838, d. Feb. 15, 1905. Not married. Was an expert watch- 
maker, being employed in one store in North Adams, Mass., for 
thirty-five years. He was fond of curios and rare coins and 
made a collection of them of great value, together with several 
cases of minerals. He was pleasant in manner, a man of broad 
culture and much refinement, but modest and retiring in disposi- 
tion. On account of these qualities few knew of his constant 
charities to the worthy poor, and his uniform habit of helpfulness 



THE HINMANS. 23 

to all who needed liis assistance. ]lis rclii^ioiis life was marked 
by deep conscientiousness and sincere rc\erence for the tliin^s^s of 
God. Buried at Newark, N. V. 

Caiiiicrink Amanda Hinmax. daui^lUer of Willis of I'lielps; 
1). May 5, 1830. m. ( ieori^e 11. (iarlock, Jan. 2, 1851). Tlious^h her 
home was without children io claim her attention, she has, 
throughout her beautiful life, sought out the little ones of others 
and placed on them the tender solicitude and loving interest that is 
characteristic of her. She now resides in Palmyra, N. Y. 

AiJDA Jank Hinman, daughter of Willis of rheli)s, b. Sept. 
2, 1840, m. Richard H. Palmer in 1862. With no children to 
claim her time, she has filled the _\ears with work for her church, 
and with art and music. She now resides in Newark, N. Y. 

Ja.si'ER WiLi.is Hinman, son of Willis, of Phelixs, b. Oct. 23, 
1844. Was educated in the local school, the Newark High School 
and Academy. Graduated in 1865 from Eastman's National 
Business College in Poughkeepsie. In 1867, he accepted a clerical 
position in a banking house in Clyde, N^ Y., became assistant 
cashier in 1875. and upon the organization of the Briggs National 
Bank, of CJyde, in 1880, he became cashier, which position he still 
holds. He is also a stockholder and director of the l)ank. On 
June 24, 1874, he married Ida E. Eield, of Clyde. In 1872, Jasper 
Willis became superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday 
school of Clyde, which position he has since held by unanimous 
consent to the present time. Eor years this Sunday school has 
been the largest in Wayne county. He has been the church treas- 
urer for more than twenty years, chorister for fifteen years. Has 
three children, — Willis Ambrose, Arthur iMeld, Harold Culver. 

W^iLLis Ambrose Hinman, first son of Jasper Willis, b. 
Nov. 6, 1877. lulucated at the Clyde High School and the Roch- 
ester Business University. Is cashier and bookkeeper in a mami- 
factmdng establishment in Clyde. 

Arthur Field Hinman, second son of Jasper W^illis, b. Dec. 
I, 1880. Graduated from the Clyde High School in 1904, and the 
same year entered the college of Liberal Arts of Syracuse Uni- 
versity. The following year he entered the College of Medicine 
of the same university to pursue the study of medicine and surgery. 



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THE HINMANS. 



Harold Cllnek IIixmax, lliird son of Jasper Willis, h. Xov. 
10, 1883. Graduated from the Clyde High School in 1904. In 
1905 he entered the Cohege of Liheral Arts of Sx'racuse Univer- 
sity where he is pursuing his studies at the present time. 




RESIDENCE OF ABNER HINMAN II, AT KENDALL. N. Y. 
THE BOYHOOD HOME OF HIS SEVEN SONS 



John Fkaxcis Hinman, youngest son of Willis of Phelps, b. 
Jan. 30. 1847, "1- Nettie Lusk. Jan. 31, 1871. l'"rom birth, he has 
resided at the homestead of his father in Phelps, and has extended 
his acreage and made many imj^rovements. Upon the death of his 
father, John F"rancis l)oug]it the interests of the other heirs. Had 
one child, Nellie May. 

Nellie May Hinman, daughter of John h'rancis, b. July 25. 
1878, graduated from the Newark High School in 1895, m. Clar- 



THE HINMANS. 25 

eiice Botcher Oct. ii. 1895. and had two children. Lilies Hicks, b. 
Nov. 8, 1896, and Earl liinnian, b. l'\Mi. 26. 1899. Xcllie May 
died April 28, 1900. 

Chauncey Hinman, third son of Captain Abner, b. Jan. 5, 
1808, at Goshen. In 1815. moved with his mother from Olean to 
Phelps. On Nov. 15, 1827, he married Sophiah SjiDor. Moved 
to Wolcott, N. Y., soon after. In 1851, he moved to jeddo. Or- 
leans County, N. Y., where he purchased a farm and erected a 
fine brick residence. Died in Sept. 1892. Had the followini; 
children : — 

(i) Lydia. b. Jan. 28, 1830, m. 1851 James Freeman. Had 
three children: — Mary Sophia, b. May 31, 1854; Herbert Cieorge, 
b. Feb. 15, i860; Hattie Beatrice, b. Jan. 30. 1863. 

(2) Harriet b. Jan. 29, 1831, m. 1852, Phineas Alvord. 
Had one child, Ruth Sophia, b. May 19, 1853, m Dec. 2},. 1869, 
Wendell P.. Clute. Ruth Sophia had five children :— Hattie E.. 
b. May 8, 1872, m. 1905, Henry Newman. Marion E., b. Oct. 8, 
1876. Arthur P., b. June 21, 1878. Ernest W., b. 1882. d. 1904. 
Florence R., b. Oct. 3. 1887, address Me.lina, N. Y. 

(3) Margaret Sophia, b. April 2, 1833, m. 1851, 1st, Jason 
H. Aylsworth who d. Jan. 28, 1863. By him had five children : — 
Chauncey Robert, b. 1852, d. 1856. William Henry b. May 17, 
1854, m. 1883, Jennie \'an Winkle. (Oliver Chauncey, b. Aug. 16, 
1857, m. 1878, Ida Ordiway and had one child, Jason Harvey, b. 
Aug. 4, 1879, who m. 1906 Hannah O'Brien. Francis Susan, 
b. Jan. II, 1859, m. 1876, Wesley R. Shaw and had four children : 
Porter W., b. 1881, m. 1904, Minnie Crimes, one child, Clara 
iM-ancis, b. 1905. Ada Margaret, b. 1883, m. 1905. I'.laine Wil- 
liams. Russell Herbert, 1). 1891. Alice'Marie, b. Jan. 1899. Mar- 
garet Sophia, m. 1863, 2nd Alanson Stearns, had two children: 
Charles Willis, b. May 6, 1865, m. Sarah Yager. Minnie Almeda, 
b. Jan. 28, 1867, m. Alfred X. Sova, had three children : Alma, b. 
Feb. 27, 1893. Lela A., b. Aug. 15, 1894, Hazel A., b. April zy, 
1896. Margaret Sophia married twice afterward, but had no issue 
therefrom. 

(4) Willis Sanuiel, b. July 6, 1834. m. 1858, Mariah More- 
house. Willis Samuel d. April 1, 1865. 

(5) Olive Elmira, b. 1836, d. 1838. 



26 THE HINMANS. 

(6) Mary Elizabeth, h. 1838. d. 1840. 

(7) Charlotte Behnda, b. Jan. 3. 1840. m. 1864 Andrew 
Miller and had two children : Willis A., b. June 24, 1869, ni. 1900 
Minnie Bixler. George C, b. 1872, d. 1874. 

(8) David Garrett, b. April 10, 1842, ni. Jan. 1, 1868, Eliz- 
abeth Shearer, had two cliildren : Frank E. (adopted son) b. 
Sept. 6, 1871, m. 1894, Alta Langdon, has one child. Lena E., 
h. Dec. 28, 1895. George ])., h. Oct. 17, 1877, ni. 1899 Lula 1'. 
Henson, one child Doris E., b. 1903, d. 1904. 

(9) Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2y, 1843. 'i'- '^69 Edwin 
Stearns, one son, Ernest Arthur, b. April 4. 1876. ni. 1894, Verna 
Feighncr. Ernest A. has three children: Nona C, b. Dec. 11, 

1895. William E., b. Nov. 27. 1897, Luella ¥.., b. April 2, 1903. 

(10) Ellen Agusta, b. Sept. 7, 1845, '"• 1863, William 
Ayers. Had four children: Arthur Willis, b. June 4, 1871, m. 

1896, Maggie \'an Sickle, and had five children : Harold, b. Oct. 
4, 1899, Lyle, 1). Oct. 10, 1900, Vera, b. Oct. 13, 1901, Bert, 1). 
Oct. I, 1903, Mildred, b. Oct. 9, 1904. Charles Adelbert, b. July 
12, 1875, m. 1900, Clara Nurtley, had three children: Bernice. 
b. Feb. 13, 1901, Raymond, b. May 2, 1903. Bernard, b. Jan. 2. 
1906. Grace Adele, b. b^cb. 5. 1879, m. 1901, Ralph Deniing. 
one child: Ellen A., b. June 7, 1905. Beatrice, b. Nov. 27,, 
1882. 

(11) Amelia Mariah. b. March 17, 1847, i"- ''^63, (jcorge 
Farmer and had two children : Chauncey Willard. b. Nov. 7, 
1866, Margaret, b. June 20, 1869. 

(12) Almeda M.. b. May 15, 1849. "i- 1867. Lafayette H. 
Blackmer. Almeda d. April 8. 1906. Had nine children: 
Chauncey H., b. Oct. i, 1867, m. 1893, Alice Withie. had four 
children : Martha, b. June 2t,, 1894, Cora, b. Dec. 23. 1898, Lida, 
b. Dec. 7, 1901, Charlotte, b. June 24. 1905. Martha S.. b. April 
27, 1870, m. Edwin Bissell. Louis A., b. 1873. d. 1875. Char- 
lotte M., b. Sept. 17, 1876. Alice M., b. 1879, d. 1883. Nellie 
R., b. 1882, d. 1898. Harriet E., b. Sept. 3, 1886. Francis A., 
b. 1889, d. 1893. Lafayette H.. b. May 10. 1893. 

(13) Charles Erastus, b. May 28, 1851, m. 1872, Nancy R. 
Gustin, two children: Chauncey W., b. Aug. 23, 1873, William 
C, b. Dec. 18, 1878. 



THE IT IN MANS. 27 

Charlotte Hinman, fifth child of Captain Abner, b. Dec. 
i6, 1811, died 1899 in Mihnine, 111. In 1838 m. Henry ScoLt. Had 
nine children: (i) Lydia Persis. ni. Mr. Delhouse. Now a 
widow living in Milmine, 111. No children. (2) Emma Adella, 
m. Henry H. Taylor at New Berlin, 111. May 12, 1861. Had four 
children: (a) Lillic A., b. May 6, 1862, m. W. F. Mitchell, 
(b) George H.. b. June 2t,, 1866. (c) Edmund Scott, b. Feb. 
23, 1872. (d) James Arthur, b. Nov. 5. 1880, d. May 27, 1884. 
Emma Adella now resides at Harriman, Tenn. (3) Daniel 
Hall, b. Sept. 2, 1843. Served in war of rebellion. Not married, 
d. Nov. 10, 1876. (4) Truman Hinman. b. 1846. m. Sarah 
Bushart, 1874. Lives in Lake City. 111. Children: (a) Ruby 
May, (b) Laura, (c) Delia, (d) Fred Ci., (e) \'erna. (5) James 
Henry, b. May 20, 1851, m. Mary F. Fitts May 23. 1875. Chil- 
dren : (a) Edith C. b. March 27. 1876. (15) David H.. b. Dec. 
25, 1877. (c) Lizzie G., b. July 3, 1880. (d) William G.. b. 
Aug. 22. 1884. (e) Frank M., b. Aug 16, 1886. Resides at 
Oakland. 111. (6) Holmes Chauncey, b. Dec. 2, 1853. Not m. 

The following taken from Royal R. Hinman's work of 1856, 
may be of interest : 

Captain Elisha Hinman-*, (Captain Andrew-', Captain 
Titus-. Sergeant Edward') commanded the first government shii). 
the "Alfred," sent out of New London at the beginning of the 
Revolution. In 1776, he captured an armed brig of 200 tons, 
laden with rum, sugar, etc., bound to Scotland, and brought her 
into New London ; also in same year he. with Captain Shaw, 
carried three tons of powder into Dartmouth. In (X'tober, 1777, 
a prize ship laden with sugar and cotton worth £60,000, was 
taken by Captain Hinman of the Alfred, and Captain Thompson 
of the Raleigh. He also captured and took two prize ships to 
France in 1778, where he sold them for the benefit of the States. 
On the return voyage, he was unfortunately compelled to sur- 
render the Alfred to the enemy. Being cai*ried a prisoner to Eng- 
land, after a short confinement, he escaped to France, from thence 
returning to America. In 1779, he commanded the privateer 
Hancock and captured, or aided in the capture of five ditTerent 
vessels : The Bellona, Mulberry, Hunter, Charlotte, and the Lady 



28 



111': I] IN MANS. 



Erskine. These were afterwards sold as prizes. The last named 
vessel was dashingly cut off from the llritish fleet of 21 sails under 
a convoy of the Thames frigate of 36 .^uns. within sight of the 
harhor of Xew London. In 1779, he also commanded the Jonatus, 
a private cruiser carrxing- 29 guns. Again in the same year, he 
commanded the frigate Trumljull. In 1781, he was commander of 
the brig Marquis Lafayette and captured the brig Dispatch. In 
his imprisonment in I'jigland, he was brought before a magistrate 
for examination when the following dialogue took place: 

Question. How dare you fight His Majesty's ships, you 
rebel of His Majesty's colonies? 

Answer. I dare fight His Majesty himself, if I meet him on 
the high seas. 

(J. Wdio are you, sir? 

A. Elisha Hintnan, sir. 

Q. What's your occupation? 

A. I commanded the Alfred, commissioned h\ the govern- 
ment of the LTnited States in X^orth America. 

O. Where were you born ? 

A. Li Woodbury. 

O. And where (in great scorn) is Woodbury? 

A. Ten miles from Darby, sir. 

The magistrate laughed and said, "Give me your hand," ami 
called for. some wine. 

Captain Hinman was sent to Fortune prison, from whence he 
afterward escaped in his shirt sleeves, in a dark, rainv night, 
walking ten miles in the rain. He sent weird by a market woman 
to a Mr. Wren, in London, who sent his own carriage and servant 
and brought Hinman to his house where he remained three weeks, 
afterward escaping to 1 'ranee and from tlicnce returning to 
America. 

When Captain Hinman with Com. Thompson was ordered to 
the coast of France to intercept the English merchant shipping, 
they arrived at L'Orient and being short of men Hinman went to 
Paris for six weeks while they were recruiting at L'Orient. At 
P'aris, he dined with the minister, Duke of Rouen, and with 
Adams and Franklin. Mrs. Lafayette called upon him and cried 
bitter!}' when enquiring after her husband who was then in Amer- 



tTtk tttnmans. 29 

ica with Washington. Captain Hinman was often heard to say 

that Maria Antoinette and Marchioness de Lafayette were the 

two most heautiful laches he had ever met. 

[ 
The following is taken from "".Vnierican Ancestry." \ ol. X, 

p. 125: 

Adoniram Hinmans, ( Ahijah-^. Judge Noah-', Benjamin, 
Sr.-, Sergeant Edward',) relates the affair of the expedition 
against Ticonderoga in 1775. as follows : The leaders of the party 
which had previously rendezvoused at Castleton, \'t., admitted 
Arnold to join them and it was agreed that Allen should he the 
commander. W'e proceedeil witliDut delay and arrived in the eve- 
ning at Lake Champlain. opposite Ticonderoga. Allen and 
Arnold crossed the lake with something less than a hundred men. 
After the landing there was a little misnnderstanding hetween 
Allen and Arnold, as to which of the two shoukl go in tirst, and 
it was finally agreed that they should go in together side hy side. 
They advanced and entered the fort ahout (layl)reak. A sentry 
snapped his old dint lock at them, and withdrew into the fort to 
the parade ground. We followed and immediately came up. 
/Mien ascertained where the commander slept, surprised him in 
hed and demanded in a loud voice the surrender of the fort. The 
commander asked 'T'>y what authority." when Allen thundered, 
"I demand it in the name of the great Jehovah and the Continen- 
tal Congress. Xo resistance was made, not even a gun was fired, 
and the fort with its stores and ahout fifty prisoners, fell into our 
hands. 

Adoniram Hinman was present at the execution of Major 
Andre, which took place near Tappan X'illage in 1780. He says: 
1 was at that time a soldier and was stationed within a short dis- 
tance of the place of execution. One of our men l)eing scMuewhat 
of a joiner, was selected to make a cofiin. At this time Andre 
was kept in a small stone huilding. and closely guarded. When 
the time arrived for his execution, which was hetween 2 and 3 
I'. M., a guard of about 400 men was stationed at the place of con- 
finement. A procession was formed. In front were a number of 
American oiificers on horse back, these were followed by the wagon 
drawn by one horse, containing Andre's coffin. Then a large 



3<5 tliE lilNMANS. 

number of officers on foot witli Andre among them. The pro- 
cession moved to the west about a fourth of a mile up a hill, on 
the top of which was an open field. In this field was the gallows, 
made by setting two crotches in the ground, and laying a pole on 
the to]x The wagon was drawn directly under the pole, and by 
the aid of a small box used as a step. Andre stepped into the hind 
end of the wagon, at the same tiine casting his eyes upon the pole 
over his head, and also upon the scenery by which he was sur- 
rounded. He was beautifully dressed in a British uniform, and 
had a head of long hair which was tied with a ribbon, and hung 
down behind. In a very short time after he mounted the wagon, 
the executioner stepped into the wagon also with a rope in his 
hand. Andre took the end of the rope, put it over his head, and 
drew it snugly to his neck, having declined any assistance from 
the executioner. The executioner, however, tied his arms behind 
his back with Andre's own handkerchief, the halter was then tied 
to the pole overhead and another handkerchief was tied over his 
eyes. The horse was suddenly started, which gave Andre a terri- 
ble jerk, but in a short time he was dead. A few moments before 
the horse was started an officer asked Andre if he had anything to 
say. He answered, "Nothing, but witness to the world that I die 
like a brave man." 

Hinman saw Paulding, Williams and \'an Wert at the exe- 
cution. During the few moments that Andre stood in the wagon, 
the crowd was perfectly quiet, hardly a sound being heard. But 
as soon as the horse had started and the rope commenced moving, 
a soldier exclaimed, "There the poor fellow is gone." 




KINDRED FAMILIES 



In compilin!4' the records of tlic kindred families we liave had 
recourse to the followiui;- hooks of reference: "Savaj^e's (ieneo- 
loffical Dictionary," "American Ancestrv."' llinman's I'drst Turi- 
lan Settlers of Connecticut," "Barnstable l-'amilies." "R. X. War- 
hiff's History of the Warin-j- Family, and "Loomis's (iencalogy." 

^^'e acknowledge our appreciation of the uniform kindness 
shown by members of the kindred families in their hearty co- 
operation in furnishing data for the compiling of this work. \\ e 
especially wish to acknowledge much valuable aid rendered by 
Mr. A. C. Beckwith of Elkhorn, Wis., ^Ir. R. 11. Ingraham of 
New York City, Mrs. Carrie Eastman Medbury, and Mrs. Eliza- 
beth Waring McMaster of ColumI)ia, S. Carolina and Miss lulna 
Stebbins of Albion. N. Y. Thk Third Son. 

SHAW 

From data that we haye l)een able to obtain at this time we 
lind record of Elijah Shaw and wife I'.ethiah Slorer, liying in 
Albany county. X. Y., in the latter part of the Eighteenth cen- 
tury. Elijah served as sergeant in War of 1S12 in Capt. .\sa 
i'.urch's Co., 19th regiment (Bloom's) X. Y. militia. He also 
served as sergeant in same company, in 18th Regiment 
(Dobbins). They had the following children, viz.: Polly, Be- 
thiah, Noah, Elijah, Coomer, Levi, Zachariah, A\illiani, \\'ilson. 
Morris and two sons that died in infancy. 

Wilson Shaw, son of Elijah Shaw and wife liethiah Storrr, 
was born at Berne, Albany County. N. Y., Sept. 15th, 1805. I le 
married Emily, oldest daughter of Claid-: Waring and wife. Sybil 
Crocker, on Jan. i. 1827. and had the following children: Rufus. 
Henrietta, b. Jan. 2, 1831. d. Jan. 9, 1850. EMMA. Marcus. 
Clark, b. June 4 ,1838. d. Dec. i, i860. Chester C. Wilson and 
Emily Shaw lived in Albany County till 1837, when they removed 
to Carlton, Orleans County, N. Y. Emily Waring Shaw died 



32 



KINDRED FAMILIES. 




WILSSON SHAW 
1805-1869 



KINDRED FAMILIES. 33 

Feb. i6, 1844. In July, 1844, Wilson Shaw marriod Sarah Esget, 
who was l)orn April 16, 18 19, in the township of Gaines, N. Y., 
she being" the first white child born north of the "Ridge" in that 
township. To them were Ijorn the following children : William. 
Emily b. Xov. 20. 1848, d. Apr. 9. 185 1. W'ilber 1). May 30. 
185 1. Mary 1^. May 27, 1853, d. Nov. 8, 1868. Huldah D. 
George W. b. June 11, 1859, d. Feb 3, 1898. In 1855, on the 
death of his son Rufns, \\'ilson Shaw and family removed to a 
farm in the township of Kendall, N. Y., formerly owned b_\- his 
son. Wilson was a plasterer and stone mason by trade and died 
at Kendall, N. Y.. June 20, 1869. His widow. Sarah h^sgct, died 
Feb. 3, 1903. 

RuFU.s Sii.\w. oldest son of Wilson Shaw and wife, Emily 
Waring, was born at Heme, X. Y.. ( )ct. 22, 1828. lie married 
Huldah Taylor of Newark, N. \'., in 1854, and lived on a farm 
that he liad purchased in Kendall, X. \'. Had one son Arthur b. 
1855, d. 1857. Rufus was a plasterer and stone mason b)- traile 
and died May 3, 1855. 

Em.ma Sii.vw, b. Dec. 14, 1832. Married Abner llinman, 
Feb. 14, 1854. (See Hinman Famil}. ) 

j\L\RCUS Sii.\w , second son of Wilson Shaw and wife Emil\- 
Waring, w^as born Aug. 9, 1835, in Berne. X"^. Y. Went with his 
father's family when thev removed from Alban\ Ldunt} lo Carl- 
ton, Orleans Count}', in 1837. Eearned the trade of p'astcrer and 
stone mason with his father. In Aug. 1855, he removed to 
Omaha, N^eb., where he lived two years. He married Cordelia 
E. W'hiting in 1856. In 1857, they removed to Pacific City, Iowa, 
where his wife died. On Aug. 12, 1858, he married Sarah J. Rock- 
well, who was born in 1841, at Xauvoo, 111. He lived at ?\]anti 
three years, two of which he served as town clerk. He joined the 
church of Later Day Saints (not to be confounded with the Utah 
church) which had colonies at ]\lanti and Platte River, Taylor 
County, Iowa. > He was ordained elder in the church and sent to 
Platte River as superintendent of the colony, which was managed 
on the co-operative plan — the industries of the colony comprising 
a grist mill, saw mill and farm lands. He resigned after holding 
the position one year and advised disorganization — the scheme 



34 KINDRED FAMILIES. 

not heiiii^' practical. He was immediately selected as one oi 
three to go to Northern Minnesota to select a site for coloniza- 
tion and for fnrthering the work of the church. He was or- 
dained 1 'residing- Elder of the Minnesota district and he, with 
liis family, commenced their journey hy wagon in the I'all of 
1S64, stopping- the first winter at Red Wing, Minn. In the 
Spring- they removed to Otter Tail County. He lived in this 
jiart of the State until 1885, when he w-as divorced from his 
wife and removed to Kansas City, Missouri, since which time 
he has lived at Ottumwa, Iowa, Chicago, Til., Lamoni, Iowa, 
and at present resides at St. Joseph, ^Missouri. \\'hile living in 
Minnesota he was the first commissioner appointed by the Gov- 
ernor to organize the County of Otter Tail. He was Assistant 
Register of Deeds, Clerk of Court one year. County Treasurer 
tour years. By his wife, Sarah J. Rockwell, he had the follow- 
ing children : Henrietta Arvilla, Clark Ambrose, Chas. Emery, 
Wilbcr Thyer, Ernest, b. Sept. 1870, d. 1873, Walter Trail, b. 
April, 1873, d. 1888, Chester Cook. In 1886 he married Mrs. 
Eliza Bentley, who was born Eebruary 8, 1850.. To them has 
been born one daughter, Nina D., b. May 22, 1890. 

Henrietta Arvilla Shaw, oldest daughter of Marcus 
Shaw and wife, Sarah J. Rockwell, was born in Eremont County, 
Iowa, April 6, i860. ( )n January 10, 1877, she married George 
Pierce and to them were born Maria Adelaide, I'^rancis .Arthur, 
George Pierce, died Nov. 10, 1896- Henrietta Arvilla married 
Abner Briggs on December 5, 1903, and at present resides at 
Seattle, Wash. 

Maria Adelam)!': Pierce, daughter of George Pierce and 
wife, Henrietta ArA'illa ."^liaw, was born at Detroit, Minn., Oc- 
tolHT 15, 1878. On December 25, 1895, she married Patrick 
h'erry and to them have been born Marguerite .Arvilla, ( )ct. 19, 
1896, Theodore I'rancis, Dec. 14, 1900. They reside at Seattle, 
\\^ash. 

Francis Arthur Pierce, son of George Pierce and wife, 
ITenrietta Arvilla Shaw, was born at Detroit, Minn., Sept. 8, 
1882. On June 5, 1904, he married Violet Myrtle Moore. They 
live at Sedro-Wooley, Skagit County, Washington. 



KINDRED FA Ml fAKS. 35 

Clark Ambrose Shaw, oldest son of Marcus Shaw aiul 
wife, Sarah J. Rockweel, was born in I'reemont County, Iowa. 
Oct. 6, 1862. In 1888 he married Mabel Bentley (daughter of 
his stepmother), who was born in Decatur County, Mich., Feb. 
9, 1871. To them have been born, at Independence, Missouri, 
Charles Martin, b. 1889, d. 1890. Lela Gertrude, b. June 6, 
1891. At Lamoni, Iowa: Bentley M., b. Oct. 27, 1894, Ger- 
hardt Wesley, b. Nov. 21, 1897. At Shanandoah, Iowa: Merle 
Leroy, b. July 15. 1900. At Detroit, Minnesota: Bertha May, 
'■'• J^^ly /• 1902. Clark is a carpenter l)y trade and resides at 
Detroit, Minn. 

Charles Emery vSiiaw, second son of Marcus Shaw and 
wife, Sarah J. Rockwell, was born at Red Wing, Alinn., Fel). i'] , 
1865. ( )n June 14, 1899, he married Maud Pope, who was 
born at Alleyton, Mich., June 13, 1876. To them have been 
born at Chicago, 111., Chester Elora, Jan. 1, 1902, Mabel Arvilla, 
Oct. i}^, 1904. Chas. Emery resides in Chicago, where he holds 
a position with the Metropolitan Elevated Railroad Co. 

Wn.BER Thayer Shaw, third son of Marcus Shaw and. 
wife, Sarah J. Rockwell, was born at Red Wing, Minn., Aug". 30. 
1867. On April 4, 1897, he married Sina Ballard Wee Long, 
who was born Oct. 13, 1875, at Shenandoah, Iowa. Wilber 
Thayer is, by trade, a plasterer and stone mason, but at [)res- 
crit is engaged in the ice business in Shenandoah, Iowa. 

Chester Cook Shaw, youngest son of Marcus Shaw and 
wife, Sarah J. Rockwell, was born at Detroit, Minn., June 19, 
1876. On June 11, 1902, he married Katherin Hirsch, who 
was born at Darby ville, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1881. They have one 
5.on, Henry Wilber, born Sept. 28, 1903, at Chicago, 111., where 
they now reside. 

Chester C. Shaw, son of Wilson Shaw and wife, Emily 
Waring, was born at Carlton, N. Y., May 15, 1842. He served 
through the civil war, responding to Lincoln's first call for 
75,000 men. On May 7, 1861. at Albany, N. Y., he enlisted 
in Co. H., i8th Regiment, N. Y. Volunteer Infantry. His regi- 
ment was rushed to the front — being the first to pass through 
Baltimore after the riot in that city. He took part in the first 



36 KiNDl^I'.n 1\M 11. IRS. 

battle of Bull Run — was taken i)i-isoner and confined in Libhy 
prison for five months and eleven days, when he was exchanged 
and brought back to Annapolis, where he was enabled to obtain 
his first change of clothing since leaving Albany. He was 
wounded through right wrist at I'.attle of Fair Oaks, and through 
the right lung and shoulder 1)lade at battle of Fredericksburg. 
At the close of the war he held the rank of Sergeant Major, and 
was acting as Chief Hospital Steward at Hospital at Fairfax 
Seminary. He engaged in the merchant tailoring Intsiness on 
Washington Ave., Albany, N. Y., which he continued till the 
time of his death on March 30, i888. Ou April 20, 1866, he 
married Elizabeth Robinson of Albany. N. Y., who was born 
Nov. 25, 1841. died Dec. 28. 1895. To them was born one son, 
Charles Field. 

Charles Field Shaw, only son of Chester C. Shaw and 
wife, Elizabeth Robinson, was l)orn in Feb., 1869. In ]\Iay, 
1890, he married Elizabeth Dugraw To them was born one 
daughter, Helen. Charles Field died in March, 1898. Fie was 
named in honor of a comrade of his father, who had saved his 
life wdiile in the service. 

William Shaw, son of Wilson Shaw, and wife, Sarah, 
was born Dec. 28, 1845, at Carlton. N. Y. Fie removed with 
his father's family to Kendall, when they removed to that jilace. 
Reserved in the civil war — enlisting on Dec. 15, 1863, in Co. K, 
Sth N. Y. Heavy Artillery. Among the battles in which his 
regiment saw the most severe service were N. Ann River, Spot- 
sylvania, and Cold Harbor. In the last named battle he was 
wounded in both legs, wdicn his regiment lost 505 men. At 
battle of Hatche's Run he was wounded in right hand and fore 
arm, loosing middle finger. He served till close of war. On 
Nov. I, 1871, he married Fidelia Stacy, who was born Aug. 
10, 1841, in Carlton, N. Y. They have one son, Milo J. On 
the death of his father William bought the homestead in Ken- 
dall where he now resides. 

MiLO J. Shaw, only son oi William Shaw and wife, Fidelia 
Stacy, was born at Kendall, N. "S'., on Mar. 14. t88i. Received 
his education at public schools of Kendall, D. L. Moody's school 



KTXOREn FAIVEir.TKS. ' 37 

:.t Mt. Hermon, Mass., and Cornell's Agricultural College at 
Jihaca, N. Y. On Dec. 6, 1905, he married Mabel Avis, daugh- 
ter of George Moore of Kendall, who was Ixirn at Hulberton, 
N. Y., on Jtily 21. 1882. Lives at Kendall. X. ^'. 

HuLDAH D. Shaw, daughter of Wilson Shaw and wife, 
Sarah Esget, was born at Kendall, X. Y., June 12, 1856. (^n 
March 20, 1879, she married Harris J. Barnard, born at Gaines- 
ville, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1 85 1. To them have been born Florence, 
on Nov. 6, 1883, died Sept. 24, 1884. I'.ertha M., b. Dec. 2, 
1885. Harris J. Barnard and wife have purchased the old home 
of Wilson Shaw in Carlton, N. Y., wliere the famil\- lived tnun 
1836 to 1855, where they now reside. Address: Kent. X. V. 

TILLEY 

Among the passengers that came over on the Mayflower in 
1620, were two brothers, John and Edward Tilley. The two 
brothers, with their father, Paul Tilley, were meml)ers of Pas- 
tor John Robinson's Church at Leyden, Holland, and probably 
were among the flock that emigrated, with their pastor, from 
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, in 1608, to Amsterdam, and 
from thence the following year to Leyden. Among the marriages 
recorded at Leyden is that of Jan Tilley and Pryntgen \'an der 
N'elde, on March 3. 161 5, at Pieters kirk (opposite the house 
of John Robinson). Jan was accompanied by his father, i'au- 
his Tilley, and Pryntgen by her mother, Maeijcken Tay, whose 
marriage is on record to Abraham A'an der A'elde on June 27, 
1591. Jan Tilley worked at the trade of saeywercker or sea 
weaver. Both John and Edward were signers of the compact 
that was drawn up on board the ^Mayflower before landing. 
John was a member of the party that landed from the Mayflower 
for the purpose of exploring the country, previous to locating 
the colony. His family consisted of his wife. Bridget, and daugh- 
ter. Elizabeth, wdio must have been bcjrn from previous marriage 
as she was nine years of age at the time of her father's marriage 
to Bridget Van der Velde. Both John and his wife died in the 
great sickness of the first winter, l)rought on by exposm-e and 
lack of proper food, and were buried in the "bluft' by the water 



38 ' KINDRED FAM[LI1':S. 

side" — what was later known as Coale's Hill, identical with the 
present terrace ahmc the rock. 

"God had sifted three kingdoms to iind the wheat for this i)lant- 

ing' ; 
Thrn had sifted the wheat, as the living seed of a nation." 

lidward Tille\''s family C()nsisled of wife. Ann. and Henry 
Samson ami Humility Cooper, two children, their cousins. Both 
Edward and his wdfe died soon after landing. Humility 
Cooper returned to England. Henry Samson remained in 
the colony. On Eeh. 6. 1636, he married Ann Plummer — 
laised a famil\- of seven children and died Dec. 24, 1684. 

ErjzAP.ETjr d'lLLKV. daughter of John Tilley, was hurn in 
England in 1606; went with her father's family to Holland and 
from there to Plymouth, Mass., on the Mayflower. She mar- 
ried John Howland and died at Plymouth on Dec. 21. 1687, hcing 
the last hut three of the Mayflower passengers to survive. 

(Pilley, Howland. Crocker. Waring. Shaw. Hinman.) 

HOWLAND 

JoTTX TTowr.AND was horn in England in t5()2 and was 
probably of the Leyden flock, as he acted as steward to ( ioveruor 
John Carver, and was considered one of his family up to the time 
of Carver's death, which occurred in planting time in 1621. Pie- 
was the 13th signer of the compact and took i)art in the numerous 
exploring expeditions that were sent out. He was a prominent 
num in the colony,' acting as assistant or deputy a greater part 
of the time. Owing to the small returns on their investment, 
tlie stock company, which had been formed for. this undertak- 
ing, was terminated by the colonists agreeing to pay the "Mer- 
chant Adventurers" t,8oo pounds in nine ecpial annual instal- 
ments, beginning in 1628. In 1626 John liowland and seven 
other planters (William Bradford, Miles Standish. Isaac Aller- 
ton, Edward \\'inslow. ^^'illianl Brewster, John Alden, and 
Thomas Prince) and four London friends undertook the pay- 
ing of the oliligation of the colony (600 pounds) and the first 
six annual payments on the new basis ; obtaining in return a 



Ki.\i)Ri:i) iwM ii.ii<".s. 39 

inonopol}^ of the foreign trade of the coloin-, the\- agreeing' to 
bring in each year 50 pounds worth of hose and shoes to ex- 
cliange with the colonists for corn at the rate of six shilhngs 
per l)ushel. 

He took an active part in clinrch alTairs so that he "assisted 
in the imjiosition of the hands"" n])i)n I\ev. Jolni Cotton wlien he 
was orchiined in lObij. lie married h'dizaheth, only daughter of 
John Tille}-. 

(It was long supposed that he married a daughter of (\oy- 
crnor John Carver and the modern inscription on his monument 
on Burial Hill at Phnioulh repeats the storv, seemingiv dis- 
proved 1)\- the recovery of liradforcTs manuscri])t histor\-, which 
states he married I'dizaheth Tillew liradforcTs History of 
Plymouth Plantation, covering the period from 1608 to \f)4(\ 
disappeared in 1767. A copy was obtained from England in 
1855. It was supposed to have been carried away b\- the Pritish 
on their evacuating' Boston.) About ten years after the landing, 
the colonists began to spread out around the bay. beyc^nd the 
circuit of mutual protection. John Ihnvland and wife. Elizabeth, 
established their home on the bay at Rocky Xook, at the mouth 
of Jones's River, about a mile and a half to the north of the rock. 

John Alden. the cooper from Southampton, had married Priscilla 
Mullins, Elizabeth Tilley's girlhood friend and companion, and built 
hi.s home near the arm of the sea just west of Powder Point, whicli 
was about two miles farther to the north than Howlands. Miles 
Standish, the soldier-captain, settled a little farther on the north, near 
the shore southeast of Captain's Hill, thus attaching' his military title 
to the neighboring eminence. Elder Brewster became Standish's neigh- 
bor a little later and lived east of the hill. Still farther on the north, 
Edward Winslow established his estate of Careswell, where, in later 
days, Daniel Webster lived and died in Marshfield. Isaac AUerton 
withdrew from the colony and removed to New Haven. Governor 
Bi-adford. during his la.st years, was almost the only one of those who 
came on the first ship, who still lived in the village about the Rock. 

To John and Elizabeth Howland were born the following- 
children : John. Desire. Hope. Deborah, Elizalxnh, Ruth, Jabcz, 
Joseph, Isaac, Lydia, and Ilannah. {Ui these. Desire married 
John Gorman, Hope m. John Chipman, Deborah m. John Smith, 
Elizabeth m. Ephraim Hicks.) John Howland died Feb. 23, 
1672, I:)eing' the last of the adult male passengers of the May- 
. flower to survive, excepting John Alden. His will was probated 



40 KIXI)Ui:i) I A.MIIJES. 

March 6, 1672. He bequeathed to his wife, EHzabeth, his home 
at Rocky Nook, in town of Plymouth, and made her residury 
k^gatee. The following children were named : Sons : JOHN, 
Jabez, Isaac, and Joseph ; daughters : Desire Gorman, Hope 
Chipman. Elizabeth Dickerson, Lydia Browne, Hannah Bos- 
worth. Ruth Cushman, and grandaughter, Elizabeth, daughter 
C'f John. 

Lieutenant John Howland, oldest son of John Howland 
and wife, Elizabeth Tilley, was born at Plymouth on Feb. 24, 
1626. He removed to Barnstable, Mass., and married Oct. 26, 
i6qT, Marv, daughter of Robert and Mary Lee. To them were 
born tlie following children: Mary Elizabeth, b. May 17, 1655. 
I:;aac, b. Nov. 25, 1659. HANNAH, b. May 15, 1661. Mercy, 
1). Jan. 2.1, 1663. Lydia, b. Jan. 9, 1665. Experience, b. July 
18, 1668. John, b. Dec. 31, 1674. 

Hannah Howland, daughter of Lieutenant John Howland 
and wife, Mary Lee, was born at Barnstable, Mass., May 15., 
1661, married Jonathan Crocker on May 20, 1686, and died 171 1. 

(Howland, Crocker, Waring, Shaw, Hinman.) 

LEE 

It is not known what year Robert and Mary Lee came from 
London to Pl\^mouth, but they were there as early as 1636. 
I'hey may have been a short time at L\nn in 163S. Children — 
MARY and Ann. 

Mary Lee, daughter of Rol)ert and Mary Lee, born May 
j5, 1631; married Lieutenant John Howland on Oct. 26, 1651. 
(Lee, Llowland, Crocker, Waring, Shaw, Hinman.) 

CROCKER 

Willi Ai\[ Crocker was born in England in 161 2 and came 
to Roxbury, Mass.. in 1634, thence to Scituate, and in Oct., 1639. 
to Barnstable. He married for his first wife, Alice — , who was 
mother of all his children. She was living in 1683, but died soon 
after. For second wife he married I'atience, widow of Robert 
Farker and daughter of Elder Henry Cobb. He died in Barn- 



KTNnRF.I) !■ AMir.TI^S. 41 

Stable, Sept., 1692. Children: JOHN, b. May 1. 1637. Eliza- 
beth, b. Sept. 22, 1639. Samuel, b. June 3, 1642. Job, b. }^Iarch 
9. 1644-5. Josiah, 1). Sept. 19, 1647. Eleazer, b. July 21, 1650. 
Joseph, b. 1654. 

John Crocker, oldest son of Deacon William Crocker and 
wife Alice, was l)orn at Scituate. ^Mass.. May 1. 1637. Pie came 
tc I'arnstable with his father in \6^^) and married in 1659, ^lary. 
daughter of Robert Liodhsh. She died at Barnstable in Dec. 
1662, and he married April 25, 1663, Mary, dauhgter of John 
Bursley. He died in May. 171 1. Children born in Barnstable 
were:' Elizabeth, b. Oct. 7, 1660. JONATHAN, 1). July 15. 
1662. John, b. Feb. 17, 1663-4. Hannah, b. Oct. 10, 1665. 
Joseph, b. March i, 1667. Benjamin, died young. Nathaniel, 
b. 1673. Experience, b. 1674. Jabez, Mary, Abigail, LJathshua. 

Jonathan Crocker, son of John Crocker and wife, INIary 
Bo^dfish, was born at Barnstable, INIass., July 15, 1662. He mar- 
ried May 20, 1686, Hannah, daughter of Lieutenant John How- 
land and wife, Mary Lee, who was mother of all his children. 
After her death he married, on Feb. — . 1710-11, Thankful, 
widow of John Hinckley, Jr.. and daughter of Thomas Trott of 
Dorchester. He died Aug. 24, 1746, and is buried in the West 
Barnstable graveyard. Children : Lydia, b. Sept. 26. 1686. 
Hannah, b. March 26, 1688. Thankful, b. ALarch 6. i6()0. Lsaac, 
b. April 4, 1692. Reliance, b. June 28, 1694. Jonathan, b. May 
28, 1696. JAMES, b. Sept. 3. '1699. 

James Crocker, son of Jonathan Crocker and wife. Hannah 
Howdand, was born at Barnstable, Mass.. Sept. 3. 1699. He 
married Nov. 21, 1721, Alice, daughter of Jireh Swift and wife, 
Abigail Gibbs. About 1724 he removed to Colchester. Conn., 
and built a house near the Colchester and East Haddam turnpike, 
which, till i860, was occupied by his descendants. 

He and his wife were members of the church in the parish 
of Westchester. She died in W^estchester, Conn.. Jan. 15, 1783. 
He died Nov. 7. 1785. They lived in the marriage state over 
61 years. Children: (Cholchester record): Simef')n, b. Se])t. 
19, 1722. Abigail, b. March 25, 1724. Hannah, b. Jan. 17, 
1726. Levi, b. May 11, 1728. JONATHAN, b. JMarch 16, 



42 KlNDRlil) 1 AM J LIES. 

1730. James, 1). April 20, 1732. Thankful, b. Jan. 27, 1733-4. 
Lj'dia, 1). Jan. 14, 1735-6. Ephraim, b. Sept. 21, 1739. 

Jo.xATiiAX Crocker, son of James Crocker a.nd wife, Alice 
Swift, was born at Colchester, Conn., March 16. 1730. He 
served in the War of the Revolution in Captain Joshua I'ierce's 
company of minute men (Gold's History' of Cornwall, Conn.) 
I'amily tradition says that he was wounded in the side while carry- 
ing supplies for the Continental Army. He married ]\larch 27, 
1755, Rachel, daughter of John and Esther Skinner. Children: 
Olive, Amos, David, Jonathan, EPHRAIM. and SYLA'ESTER. 

Epiikai.m Crocker, son of Jonathan Crocker and wife, 
Rachel Skinner, was born 1769, probably at Colchester, Conn. 
He married Polly Culver, who was born 1774, died Sept. 18, 
1843. He was a clergyman in the Baptist church and after 
marriage removed to Albany County. N. Y. He died May 21, 
1854 and with his wife is buried in the cemetery at Rensselaer- 
ville, N. V. Children: Martin, Dr. Joel, Ansel. Lucinda, Be- 
linda, Jane, SYBIL, Polly, Weltha, Belsora. Antha. and Emma. 

Sybil Crocker, daughter of Rev. Ephraim Crocker and 
wife, Polly Culver, was born Dec. ii, 1794, died May 18, 1834 at 
Rensselaerville, N. Y. She married Clark, son of Thaddeus and 
'rry])hena Waring on Sept. 26, 1809. Buried in Rensselaerville 
cemetery. 

(Crocker, W'aring, Shaw, 1 Human. ) 

S\iai:sti:k Ci<ocki;i<, son of Jonathan Croker and wife, 
Rachel Skinner, married Ch'oe Hovey and had the following chil- 
dien : Chloe, JCLIA, Jane, \\\'Uha, Sylvester, and Amos. 

Ji'Ei.v Crocker, daughter of Silvester Crocker and wife, 
Chloe Hovey, married Peter Gossman. Children : Frances 
Adelia and Charlotte Amelia. 

Frances Adelia Go.ss.mav married Isaac Shufelt and had 
Arthur and Stanton. Arthur married Rhoda Newing. Stan- 
Ion married ]\Iinnie Shyltes. 

Charlotte Amelia Gossman married Isaac N. Stebbins 
Jan. 9, 1867. Children: Edith, b. 1873, d. 1878. Edna, b. 1879. 



KINDRED FAMILIES. 43 

BODFI5H 

Robert litnltish of Lynn, Mass., was a iiw man Max (). \(\^^. 
He removed to Sandwich in 1637 and died, eitlier al that phicc 
or at Barnstable in 1651. l"hil(h-cn : Elizab.'th. Sarah, M \l\^■, 
Joseph, and Robert. At narnstahle. Mass., liridi^et. jiinliahK his 
Axidow, married Dec. 15, 1657, Samncl llincklc\-. t'athcr of ( lov- 
ernor Thomas Hincklc}-. 

Marv IJoDFisH, dauL;hter of Robert Dodtish. was born abont ' 
1639. Married John Crocker, son of Deacon William Crocker 
and Wife Alice, in Xov. 1659. Died at lUirnstable, Dec. i0()2. 

(Bodfish, Crocker, Waring. Shaw, Jlinman.J 

SWIFT 

W'liJ.iA.M S\\ii-|-. came from liockin^' Countx. Snfhi'k. 
England, or its neighborhood, to Watertown, .Mass.. before i(>34. 
He sold his estate in 1637 and removed to Sandwich, where he 
d'-ed Jan. 1644. His widow", Joan, perhaps a second wife, ma<le 
her will ( )ct. 12. 1662. naming son William. 

Wii.Li.x.M Swift, son of William Swift (1st), was born in 
England. His w:ill of Dec. 15, 1715, probated 2<;th of next 
month, names wife Rnth and following children : William. ICph- 
raim, Mary. Samnel, Josiah. JEREll. Temperance, I'Lsther, and 
Dinah. 

Jia-tFii Swii'i-. son of William and Rnth Swift, was born at 
.'"^andwich. lie married .\ov. 26, 1697, Abigail (iibbs. daughter 
of Jacob (iibbs and wife, bdizabeth Aridrus. 1 lad daughter 
Alice and perhaps more. 

Alice Swift, daughter of Jereh .Swift and wife, Abigail 
C.il)bs. was l)orn at .Sandwich, Mass.. July' 2=,. \(M)i>. .She mar- 
r:ed James Crocker Xo\-. 21. 1721 and died Jan. 15. 1783. 

(Swift. Crocker. Waring, .^haw. Ilinman.l 

iG ! B B S 

Giles Ginr.s was at Dorchester, Mass.. in 1630. I'rubably 
cr(me on the Mar\' and lohn. He was a selectman in 1^)34. 
Removed to W indscjr, ComL. where he died Ma\' 21, i()4i. 
His will of three davs before named wife Catherine, and chil- 



44 KINDRED FAMILIES. 

dren, Gregory, Samuel, Benjamin, Sarah, and JACOB, all 
nihiors and perhaps all l)orn on this side of the ocean. 

JAcoi! (iiBiiS, son of ( iiles and Kalherine ( ii])l)s, was born at 
Windsor. Conn. He married. Dec. 4, 1657, l'dizal)eth, daugh- 
ter of Frances Andrus. Children: 2\lary, b. A])ril 21, 1659. 
AvBIGAIL,, b. Jan. 7, 1662. Jacob, b. Dec. i, 1664, died soon. 
Jacob, 1). June 22, 1666. Sarah, b. Feb. 28, 1669. Elizabeth, 
b. April I, 1672. 

AiucuAL GiciiS, daughter of Jacob (libbs and wife, I'dizabeth 
Andrus, was born at Windsor, C'onn.. Jan. 7, 1662. She mar- 
lied Jereh Swift Nov. 26, 1697. 

((iibbs. Swift, Crocker, Waring, Shaw, llinman.) 

ANDRUS 

Francis Andru.s, was at liartord. Conn., as early as 1639. 
Fie removed to [^'airfield where he died in 1662-3. Flis will made 
June 6 of former year and probated March 5 of latter, ))ro\ided for 
sons John, Thomas, Jeremiah, and Abraham, and daughters 
Elizabeth, Mary, Esther, Rebecca and Hannah. 

Elizabeth xAndki'S, daughter of J-rancis Andrus, married 
Dec. 4, 1657, Jacob (iibbs. 

(Andrus, Gibbs, Swift, Crocker, Waring, Shaw, llinman.) 

LOOM 15 

Joseph Loom is, a native of L'»raintree, Fug., was born in 
1590. Sailed from London accom])anied b\ Ivev. h4)h.r;um lluei 
in 1638. He came to Windsor in 1639 and bought land, on hel). 
24, 1640. He brought with him sons Joseph, John, Thos., Saml. 
and Nathaniel, l)esides daughters 1\L\rv and Elizabeth. He died 
1658. His wife died Aug. 1652. 

Maio' Loo .mis, burn in England, married lirst J(»hn Skinner. 
Second to ( )wen Tudor on Nov. 13, 1651. 

(Loomis, .Skinner, Crocker, Waring, Shaw, Hinman.) 

SKINNER 

John Skinner, of Hartford, Conn., in i63(;, married Mary, 
daughter of Joseph Loomis, of llraintree, h^ng., who settled at 



KINDRED FAMILIES. 45 

Windsor, Conn., in 1639. John Skinner died 1650. His wife 
died Aug. 19, 1680. 

Children: Mary, b. 1637. Ann, 1). \C\^^). Jdlm. b. 1641, 
Richard, b. 1646. Jose])h, b. 1643. ni. Man l"ille\. di" Wimlsdr, 
April 5, 1666. 

Richard Skixxicr. scjn of jobn Skinner and wife, .Mary 
Loomis, was I)orn at Hartford, Conn., in 1646. Not knuwn wlioin 
he married. Children: John, b. 1675. Richard and l'd)ene/.er. 

Deacon Johx Skixnkr, oldest son of Richard Skinner, was 
born at Hartford, Conn., in 1675, m^n-ried Sarab, and removed 
to Colchester, Conn., and died Aug. 2/, 1740. Children: .Sarab, 
b. Jnl\- 17, 1697. Ann.]). ( )et. 1, 1700. joiix, b. .Vng. 30, 1703. 
Daniel, b. Aug, 30, 1705. Joanna, b. |an. 27. 1707. Jose]))!, b. 
Oct, 7, 1 710. .Varon. b. Jmie 14, 1713. 

Lieut. John Skinner, son of Deacon John and S;irab 
Skinner, was born at Colchester, Conn., Aug. 30, 1703. Mai'i'ied 

Esther . Children: John, baptize;] .\iiril i, 1733. (Served 

in Revolntionar\- war as Major in Skinner's Regiment of Light 
Horse Connecticut Militia.) Esther, 1). July 24, 1735. Rai iii;i., 
b. April 22, 1737. Ann, b. May 14, 1739. Although past 70 
_\'ears of age Lieut. John Skinner served in War of Revolution. 
Term of service 17 da}s at Lexington .\larm. (Comiecticul in 
the Revolution, page 14). 

R.\CHEL Skixnicr, daughter of Lieut. John Skinner ami 
wife Esther, was born at Colchester, Conn., .\pril 22. 1737. 1 uni- 
tized May 29, 1737. She married Jonathan Crocker, March 2/. 

1755- 

(Skinner, Crocker, Waring. Shaw, llinman.) 

MARVIN 

Maitiu-an Mar\-jx. a husbandman, was at Hartford. Conn.. 
in 1638, as an original proprietor. He came in the ship Increase 
from London to Boston in 1635. The custom house records gives 
his age at this time as 35. Wife Elizabeth, aged 31. Children: 
Elizabeth, aged 11, Matthew, aged 8. Mary, aged 6. Sarali, aged 
3. Hannah, aged 6 months. He was one of the original grantees 
at Norwalk, Conn., and settled there in 1653. At Hartford had 



46 KINDRED FA :M1 LIES. 

AiunAii.. 1). l)(.-fore 1641. Sanuu'l, l)ai)tizc(l lOlli Fcl). 1(548. 
Racliil, W\\ 30, 1649. 

.Xi'.icAii. M.\K\-ix, (lau.^litcr of Matllirw aii<l l'',li/.al)cili .Mar- 
vin, was horn at Hartford. I'oiin., l).'li)rL' i()4i. rtiimxi'd tn Xor- 
walk with her father's family and married John rxnilon. June 1. 

1657- 

(Marvin, lluiUon, Waring. Shaw, llinnian.) 

BOUTON-BOUGHTON 

h)ii.\ IJouTON, a nalix'e <>f I'"rance, i)r()hal)ly a Huguenot. 
from ( IraN'esend. Eno-., landed in lloston on the shii) Asstu'ance in 
December, 1635, aged 20 y'ears. He went .soun to Hartford and 
from there to Xorw'alk, in 1654, or earlier. He married June 1, 
1657 Abigail, daughter of Matthew and ]<dizabeth .Marvin of 
Xorwalk, Conn., for his second wife, as he had a family before 
he settled in Xorwalk. His daughter Bridget luarried Daniel 
Kellogg in \()()^. Children born to John and Abigail Uouton : 
John, 1). Sept. 30. 1659. Matthew, 1). Die. 24. lOOi. Rachel, b. 
Dec. 15. 1667. Abigail, b, .\pril 1. 1670. Mary, b. May 26, 
1671. ELiZAi;i/ni, b. 1681. 

ELlZAniCTii IWirio.x, daughter of John llouton and wife. 
Abigail Mar\-in. was born in if)8i, at Xorwalk, L'oun. She mar- 
ried in 1698-9 Edmund Waring and died 17OU. 

( I '.out on, Waring, Shaw, Hinuian.) 

WARING 

"The W'arings first appear in history in the first century of 
tile Christian era as a tribe of .\ngles, li\ing along the southern 
coast of the iJaltic, and as far south as the valley of the lower 
I'dbe. Their language was the Anglo-Saxon. in A. D., "547. 
some of the tri1)e settled in l'".ngland, esi)ecially on the river Sev- 
cvu with Jutes, Saxons, etc.. sul)se(picntl_\- spreading over the 
adjoining counties, thence into Ireland. Wales, Australia, India, 
Cape Colonw and mosth' during and since the 17th century into 
Xorth .America. A large part of the remainder of the tribe allied 
themselves in the 9th century with the clan adjoining on the 
south or east known as the Kugii (or Russ). Together they 



KINI)Ki:i) I'AM 11.1 i':s. 47 

migrated north eastward, subjecting the Finns. Slavs, parti}' 
also the Tartars and founding A. D.. 862. the Russian lunpire. 
Gradually the Warings and the Rugii (Russ) lost to a large 
extent their separate identity hy inter-niixing with each dthcr 
and the natives and adopting the language (Slav..nici and insti- 
tutions of the latter. A niajoritx of th.e rcsiilne reninved into 
other parts of Europe." 

Richard W'akixc. (son of Christopher Waring) and his 
son Richard. Jr.. both Presbyterians and a number of other per- 
sons, emigrated in 1664 on the ship Endeavor, from southern 
England to Boston, the entire party settling the ne.xt year at 
Brookhaven, Lono- Island, on land bought bv them from the 
Setauket tribe of Indians, for which purchase a ])atent of con- 
firmation was obtained March 7. 1666. In 1685-1686 he was 
tenant to 100 acres from James Lloyd, of the Manor of Queen's 
Milage, Long Island, later owned land at Huntington. Long 
Island. His name and that of his descendants is variously spelled. 
Waren, Warren, Warring, Waring, etc. (History of Waring 
family.) Richard had two other sons. ]\Iichael and Ednuuul. 

Edmund Waring, son of Richard Waring, was born. 1673. 
on Long Island. He married in 1698-9 Elizabeth Bouton, 
daughter of John and Abigail Bouton of Norwalk. Conn. They 
lived at Oyster Bav, Long Island, where two S(ins were born. 
Edmund. Jr.. in 1700. and Isaac in 1702. In 1704 they removed 
to Norwalk. Conn., residing in that part of the town now called 
Rowav'ton. His estate extended along Five Mile river and on 
Rhoten Hill stood his home, lie also owned land in Berkshire 
Countv. Mass. There is still in existence, on b'ive MiU' river a 
stone pier built by him. Both he and his son Edmund. Jr., were 
large subscribers to St. Paul's Episcopal church. Xorwalk. 
founded in 1737. After removing to Norwalk the following 
children were born: John 1704. Solomon 1707. Mar\ 1708, 
Nathan 1710, Jacob 1713. Michael, 1715, Eliakim 1717, Elizabeth 
1719, Abigail 1723, Hannah 1725, Edmund Waring died .nt Xor- 
walk Aug. 5. 1749. "Not a few of his descendants strongly 
assert that he was a near relative of General Joseph Warren 
(1741-1775) of Bunker Hill fame; and several of them, residing 
nine miles from Norwalk, possess the general's sword, wallet and 



48 KTNnRF.D 1\\M]I.TI-:S. 

letters. That the g-eneral frequently visited his ( Edmund War- 
ing's ) chil(h-en, and tliat liis ( Ethnund Waring's ) gjand son, 
Joseph, was named after the general, are acknowledged facts. 
Just how close the affinity was. however, is yet to l)e ascertained." 
(Waring fanndy History.) 

John Waking, third son of Ednuuid and Elizabeth Waring, 
was horn at Xorwalk, Conn., Dec. 31. 1704. He married Kather- 
ine, daughter of David Tuttle and wife JMarv Reed. Thev lived 
on the estate of his father (Edmund Waring) at Xorwalk. Conn. 
To them were born the following children : John. b. 1736. d. 1801). 
TH.xnoEUS. b. 1744. d. 1822. Abraham. James. Hannah, Stephen, 
Katharine. Martha. E.sther. Alary and Rebecca. (Waring famil\ 
History.) 

Tii.\i)r)Ki's Wakixc. son of John Waring and wife Kather- 
ine Tuttle, was born July 28. 1744. either at Xorwalk or Darien. 
Conn.. probal)l\- the latter ])lace. as his father was one of the 
founders of the Congregational church at Darien. in 1744, and it 
is quite probable that the family lived there at the time. He luar- 

ried Tryphena (born March 6. 1748, died Aug. 22, 1851 ). 

He and his brother John removed to Southeast Dutchess County, 
(now Putnam) X. V.. where all of Thaddeus" children were 
born. He served in the War of Revolution in Capt. Joel ^lead's 
Co., Col. Henry Ludington's Regiment of Dutchess County. X. 
Y., militia. He also served in Capt. David Waterl)ury's company, 
same regiment. Children were Abigail, b. 1766. Phoebe, b. 
1768. Mary b. 1769. d. 1813. Albert, b. 1771, d. 1823. Kate, b. 
1773. Esther, b 1775, d. 1864. Hannah, b. 1777. Sarah, b. 1780. 
Elizabeth, b. 1783 Charlotte, b. 1786. Clark, b. 1788. About 
t8oo Thaddeus removed with his family to Albany County, X. Y., 
where he died May 22, 1822. He and his wife are buried in the 
cemetery at Rensselaerville, Albany County. X. Y. 

Cr.ARK WEARING, youugest son of Thaddeus and Tryphena 
Waring, was born at Southeast I'utnam County, X. Y., Sept. 12, 
1788. 1 le went with his father's family to Albany County. X. Y., 
when ihey removed to that place. On Se])t. 26, 1809, he married 
Sybil Crocker, daughter of Rev. Ephraim Crocker and wife, 
Pollv Culver. Thev went to li\'e in the extreme northwest part 



KTNnRF.D VAMTT.TKS. 49 

of the township of Fjerne. Albany I'onnty. (The lownshi]) of 
Berne hes north of the townsliip of Rensselaerville ) w Iktc they 
Hved till al)out 1829. when the\- rcnioved to a farm in the townshi]) 
of Rensselaervi'le, about a mile south of the village by the same 
name. To them were born the following- children: ICmiln', '1 er- 
essa. Harvey, b. Dec. 8, 1813, d. I'eb. 4, 1834. Thilena. b. Jnlv 
24, 1816. (1. Oct. 4, 1829. Jonathan Lum, b. May 10. 1818, d. 
Feb. 23. 1839. Belinda, b. .\pril 18. 1820. d. June 2^,. 1841 
Georg-e C. b. July 21. 1821, d. July 16, 1844. Lectus and Lorain 
(twins). Clark. Xancy, b. Mar. 7. 1829. d. April 3. 1845. Char- 
lotte, b. May 26. 1832. d. Xov. 8. 1847. Sybil Crocker Waring, 
died Mav 13. 1834. On Jan. 6. 1835, he married I'liilena St. 
John, who was l)orn ^\ay 13. 1803. at Jefiferson, X. ^'., and ilied 
in .\lban\- Count v. X. Y.. .March 7. 1886. To them were burn 
two sons. Albert .Augustus, b. June 27,. 1836, at Rensselaerville, 
X. v., d. Oct. 26. 1865. at Elsie. Mich. (Albert A. served in the 
Civil war as Lieut. Co. A, 151 Regiment X\ Y. X'olunteer In- 
fantrv. He took part in 52 battles and skirmishes and came out 
of the service unscathed, being- discharged June 26. 1865.) In 
1836. Clark Waring- and family removed to a farm in ih': town- 
ship of Arcadia. Wayne County. X. Y.. about a mile and a hall 
north of tlie village of Xewark. where Wilber F. was burn March 
17. 1843. ^lit'^l Dec. 17. 1865. at Carlton. X. Y. In 1853 he sold 
this farm and purchased one in the township of 1 'helps. ( )ntario 
County, adjoining the farm of Willis I Human, about two miles 
.south of Xewark. where he lived till 1855. when he snld the jjlace 
and went to live in the village of Xewark. In 1856 he removed to 
a farm that he had purchased in the township of Kendall. ( )rlean> 
County. N. Y.. at which place he died Dec. 26. 1857. He served 
in the War of 1812, enlisting- Aug. 24. 1812. in Caiit. Jesse 
Wood's Co. I2th Regiment (\'an Dalfsen's) and took i)ari in the 
defense of the. Canadian Ijorder against the British, being sta- 
tioned for a time at Sackett's Harbor. X. ^'. Wliile in the service 
his companv crossed the Genesee river at the i)resent site of 
Rochester, at that time a small settlement of three or four houses. 
He was a local preacher in the Methodist I-4)isco])al chun-h and a 
person of many excellent characteristics. 



50 KINIJKi;i) 1AM1I.11-:S. 

Emily Waring, oldest daughter of Clark Waring and wife, 
Sybil Crocker, was born Jan. ly, 1811, at lierne, N. Y. Married 
Wilson Shaw. Jan. i, 1827. died Feb. 16. 1844. at Carlton, N. Y. 

(Waring, Shaw, llinman.) 

Teressa Waring, second daughter of Clark Waring and 
wife, Sybil Crocker, was born at lierne, N. Y., i\Iay 3, 1812. 
On Tan. c), 1836, at Rensselaerville, she married William \'an 
Ess Stebbins, who was born in town of Broome, Schoharie 
County, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1811 (died Dec. 17, 1858J. They 
established their home in Broom (the next township across the 
line in Schoharie County, west of Rensselaerville, where Sybil 
was l)orn Aug. 21, 1837 (died Dec. 3, 1863). In 1838 they 
removed to Carlton, N. Y.. where they purchased a farm. Chil- 
dren born in Carlton : Isaac Newton, Sarah Jane, born Sept. 
8, 1841, died July 31, 1861. George Coles. Charlotte Ella. 
Teressa died at Carlton, ^larch 27, 1888. 

Isaac Newton Stedbins, oldest son of William Stebbins and 
wife, Teressa Waring, was born at Carlton. N. Y., Jan. 17, 
1840. On Jan. 9, 1867, he married Charlotte A. Gossman, daugh- 
ter of Peter Gossman and wife, Julia Crocker. To them have 
been born at Carlton, N. Y. : Edith, b. 1873, d. 1878. Edna, 
b. 1879. On the death of his parents he purchased the inter- 
est of the other heirs of the old homestead in the township of 
Carlton, where he lived till fall of 1899, when he sold the farm 
and removed to Albion, N. Y., where he now resides. He is a 
man of strict integrity and of nnich m()ral worth to the com- 
ninnitv in which he has lived. Me has held the several offices 
of the town. The compiler calls to mind an incident occurring 
in 1872. The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad was projected to 
extend from Oswego to the Niagara river. A scheme was insti- 
tuted by the Company whereby the townships through which 
the road was to be built were to be bonded for $10,000 per mile 
for cost of construction. Through irregularities in the signing 
of the petition in the township of Carlton the Company seem- 
ingly was about to force the filing it, and accomplish their de- 
sired ends. The prevention of which was most entirely due to 
the initiative and integrity of Mr. Stebbins, who was prosecuted 



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in ttic courts 1)\' tlit' C'oiiipaiu- to attain llu'ir object in view, 
'{"lie 1"o\vnsliii) of Carlton was savc(l the hnrdcn of i)a\in!:;- $120,- 
000 bond indebtedness. 'Flie road was constructed and nieri;(.'d 
into the Rome, Watertt)wn & ( )i;dcnsbur,iL;-, and is now a ])ari 
of the New York Central System. 

(iiiORGi-: Coles STi':r.iiiNS, son of William Stcbbins and wife, 
1\'ressa \\^aring'. was l)orn in Carlton, X. \'., I'eb. 2'), iS4(). In 
earl)' life he manifested a talent for music. es[)ecially for sin_y;- 
ini:^. At the age of 23 lie married I'dma, dau.s^hter of Moses 
Miller of Carlton, and the same year remo\cd to Chicai^o. where 
he ])ursue(l music as a ])rofession. Throui;!! his ability as leader, 
as well as a singer, he received the ])osition as director of music 
in the iMrst Uaptist church of that cit\-, one of the largi-st ami 
wealthiest churches in the west, which position he held lour 
N'cars. Durino- this time he became intimateh acciuainti'd with 
]\ P. liliss and Ira 1). Sankey, who subsequently became the 
famous leaders of Gospel Song, also with I). L. Moody, who 
afterwards was recognized as the greatest evangelist of his 
time. Tn the spring of 1872 he assisted in drilling the chorus of 
singers that went from Chicago to Boston to take part in the 
great choir of 17.000 voices and 3,000 nnisicians that made u]) 
the festival chorus of the Teace jubilee, organized to celebrate 
the ]K>ace that had come to oin- conntry, so recentl\ sexcred l)y 
the great civil conflict, lie was one of those selected from the 
solo voices to make up the male choir, chosen to render some of 
the selections, of the festival. In 1874 he removed to I'.oston 
with a view- of pursuing the study of the voice mider one ol 
the celebrated teachers in that city. He accepted a position as 
director of music in the Clarendon Street Uaptist church, which 
he held for fourteen months, when he took a like jiosition m 
Tremont d"em])le. While visiting Mr. Moody in .Xorlhtield, 
Mass.. in the summer of 1876, he was induced b\ the former 
to give up his work in L*)OSton and bect)me associated with him 
and Mr. Sankey in their evangelistic work. He was sent to 
Chicago to organize a choir of 800 voices for the meetings they 
were to hold that autunnL l-'rom that time until Mr. ^Moody's 
death nearly twenty-five years afterwards, Mr. Stcbbins con- 



52 KINDRF:n FAMILIES. 

tinned his association with them, visiting;" (nxat Britain several 
times, as well as assisting in the work in the ])rineipal cities of 
our own conntry. During these }ears he was associateil at differ- 
ent times with Dr. George F. Pentecost and ^Nlajor D. W. 
Whittle. In the autumn of 1890. with his wife and son. (j. 
Waring Stcbbins, who was coming to the front as a vocalist and 
musician, Mr. Stebbins went with Dr. Pentecost to spend the 
winter in India in evangelistic work. Before returning to 
America they gave services of song in many of the larger cities 
of that country, also in Egypt and Palestine, and in Naples, 
Rome, Paris, and London. In addition to his evangelistic work 
he has conducted the singing in many of the state and national 
religious conventions, notald}-. some of the National Christian 
Endeavor Conventions, on one occasion there being 30.000 and on 
another 50,000 delegates in attendance. In lyoo he conducted 
the music in the Ecumenical Missionary Conference, held in 
New York City, which was the largest and most representative 
bodv of the kind ever held, th -re being delegates from many 
of the European countries, as we'l as the great missionary 
fields of the world. As nuich as his voice has been heard and 
ai)preciated throughout the world, he is best known by the nuisic 
he has written. He early manifested a talent for composition 
of no mean order and at the time he ])ecame associated with 
Moody and Sankey he began writing for the books known as 
"Gospel Ilxinns," of which he became associate editor with Ira 
D. Sankey and James McGranahan. He was also associate edi- 
tor of various hymn books that followed this series, besides 
beinpf sole editor of two more recent h\ inn books. His work as 
a writer of this class of music is recognized 1)\' the best critics 
as belonging to the highest order, not a few of his productions 
being considered as classics of their kind, and many of them 
attaining great popularity, as. for instance, "Evening Prayer," 
"Tlie (ireen Hill." "In the Secret of His Presence." "The Home- 
land." ".^aved by (irace," etc. Tlie record of his life work would 
not \)c ciimplete without some recognition of the great aid his 
wife has been to him in his public work. In addition to her 
attractive ]>(. rsonalit\ . she posesses a rich and sxnipathetic con- 
tralto voice, which, blending perfectly with his. has added greatly 



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to the effectiveness and impressivcness of his sin^in^. Thev re- 
side at Xo. 19 \'erona Place, r>rookl\n. X. V. 

G. W'akixc Sii:r.r.ixs, only son of George C. Stehhins am! 
wife. Elnia Miller, was ])()rn in Carlton. X. N'.. in 1S69. ( )n 
June I, i8y8, he married Caroline W \\'i)rlli of l'>ro(iki\n. They 
have one daughter. Eli/.al)eth. horn Ang. 30. 1904. in Xew llaven. 
Conn. He occupies a position, second to InU few. as a choir 
master and organist and as a successful teacher ot the voice. 
The}- reside in Urooklyn, X. Y. 

CiiAKi.o'ni-: Im.i.a SiiiiiuiNS, youngest daughter of William 
Stehhins and wife. Teressa Waring, was l)orn Jul\- 5, 1832. at 
Carlton, X. V. Married Roscoe D. Miller of Delauarr County. 
X. Y.. in 1872. They lived in Delaware COuntN- a nuniher of 
}ears, then remo\-ed to Catskill. X. ^'.. where the\ now reside. 
There was l)orn to them one son, Clark, h. 187:^, d. i8i;(;. 

Liccrrs Warixc, son of Clark Waring and wife. Syhil 
L'rocker, was horn ( )ct. 6, 1823 at Uerne, X. Y. Went with 
his father's family w hen they removed to Wayne County. ( )n 
Oct. 8, 1846, he married Mary Scofield, who was horn March 
2^, 1823 in Dutchess County. X. Y. They lived in the \icinity 
of Xewark. Xew ^'ork till fall of 1853 when they remo\ed to 
Columhia, South Carolina. In 1858 he removed to h^dsie, Mich., 
where he hought a farm. Jn i860 he again returned to South 
Carolina. He lived in that state and Iredell County. Xorth 
Carolina till fall of 1866, when he removed again to his farm at 
Elsie. ]Mich.. where he lived till the time of his death, which wa.s 
April 7, 1902. His wife died Dec. 2/. 1904. To them were born 
the foUowdng children: Helen S., h. July 26. 1847. d. 'Shwch 
31. 1848. Clark E. Earl, b. July 10, 1854. d. Sept. 21, 1862. 
Wade H. U. Erances. Lillie E. 

Clark E. W.vring, son of Lectus Waring and wife. Mary 
Scofield, was born Sept. 29, 1848. at Xewark. .X. ^■. lie went 
with his father's family to Columhia, South Carolina, and Elsie, 
Michigan. His father, engaging in the masonr\ business, ne- 
cessitated his taking charge of his' father's farm at an early age, 
where he has always remained. He never married. 



54 KINDRED FAIMT1,IF,S. 

^\^\I)l■, II. Wakin'c. soil of IacIiis W'ariiiL; and wife, Mary 
Scol'icld, was \)on\ at Columbia, S. C, Now i, iS^f). Ik' rc- 
nio\'0(l with his father's family to l'"Jsic, Mich. Assisted his 
brother Clark in the nianagini;- of their father's farm, lie died 
June 2", i8tji. Never married. 

M. 1""ka\c1':s W'.mo.xo, daui.;hter of Leetus W'arini; and wile, 
Ahar}- Seofield. was born at b'lsie, Mieh., July 20, 185S. Ktnio\ed 
to South Carolina with her father's family and baek to IClsie, 
Mitdi. Slie never married and has always lived at home. 

LiLLiE E. Waring, daut^hter of Leetus Waring and wife, 
Mary Seofield, was born in Iredell Conntx , X. C., Mareh 7, 1863. 
Went with her father's family to hllsie, Mieh. She taught seliool 
a number of years till her health failed. She lives at the old 
home with her brother Clark and sister b^-anees. Never married. 

LoR.MX \\'.\RIN(;, daughter of Clark Waring and wife, Sybil 
Croeker, was b(M-n ( )et. 6, 1823, at lierne, N. ^'. (Leetus and 
Lorain were twins). She went with her father's family when 
they removed to Wayne County, and Phelps, ( )ntario County. 
N. Y., where she was married June 9, 1853 to Henry Milton 
Eastman, son ofAbihu Eastman and wife, Bathesheba Cardiner, 
who was born May 4, iSu;. at ( )gdensburg. N. V., died May 5, 
1888. near b'lkhorn, A\'is. .\t time of marriage 'Mv. Eastman was 
praetieing law in Brooklyn, but soon ehanged his residenee to 
.\l(ler Creek. ( )neida County. X. ^'.. where he eontinued his 
l)raetiee for a time, when he engaged in a mereantile i)iu-su,it, 
residing meanwhile at Port \\'or(lhnll. Town of Remsen, ( )nei(la 
County, X. W This pursuit he followed till he failed through 
the perfidity of his partner, when he removed to Elkhorn, W^is.. 
where he for a time taught sehool. ])raetiee(l law, and surveyed 
land, .\fterwards gave his attention to building. Lorain died 
Mareh 2, 1889, at I'Llkhorn, Wis. To them were born two daugh- 
ters. Charlotte Eveline and Carrie b'.stelle. 

Cm AKi.oi'i !•; hNi-:MXK E.vsim.w. daughter of Henry Milton 
Eastman and wife, Lorain Wearing, was born April 2/, 1855 at 
I'ort Woodhull, Town of Remsen, ( )neida County, N. Y. Went 
with her father's family wdien they removed to Elkhorn, W^is. 
On Sept. y, 1873, she married Arthur Tripp W^aterbury, son of 



Kii\i)Ki;i) I AM ii.ii:s. . 55 

Jonathan Waterburv, born July 7, 1842, at l-'aliius. Onondaqa 
County. N. Y. They have the toUowino- ehikh-en, all horn in 
Clinton County. Iowa: ( )scar Milton, b. Xov. 10. 1874. llenry, 
b. A])ril 28, 1876. Carrie Lavina. b. Sejn. 11. 1884. Charles, 
1). April 6, 1886. Edith, 1). Aui;-. 22. 1887. b'annic Lorain, b. 
jnl\- 4, 1891. Burdette Eastman, h. Oct. 29, 1893. Arthur Eaw- 
rence, b. April 24. 1898. They reside at Fdkhorn, Wis. 

Oscar Milton Waterburv, son of Arthur Tripp Water- 
burv and wife, Charlotte Eveline Eastman, was born Xov. 10. 
1874, in Clinton County, Iowa. On Oct. 4, 1899 he marrietl 
liattie Mereness of East Delavan, Wis., daughter of George 
W. Mereness and wife, .\mia Hollister. They have two chil- 
dren : Anna Hattie. b. Aug. 13, 1900, at East Delavan. Wis. 
Donald, b. Jul)- 13, 1902, at Lake Geneva, Wis. They live at 
Racine, Wis. 

Henry Waterburv, son of Arthur Tripp Waterbnry and 
wife, Charlotte Evelin Eastman, was born April 28, 1876, in Clin- 
ton County, Iowa. On Sept. 25, 1901, he married Maud Court- 
nay, of Benton Harbor, Mich. 

Carrie Estelle Eastman, daughter of Henry ^Milton East- 
man and wife. Lorain \\^aring, was born at Elkhorn, \\'is., Jidy 
31, 1857. She married, on Aug. 14, 1875. Leander Llewellyn 
Medbery, son of David Jackson Medbery and wife, Eliza Black, 
born June 5. 1838, at Nashville, Chautauqua County, X. Y. 
They resided in Elkhorn, Wis., till spring of \'-)o(\ when tlu'\ 
removed to Columbia, S. C. They have the following children, 
all born at Elkhorn, Wis. Eliza h:stelle, b. Dec. 8, i87f). liattie 
Lorain, b. Feb. 9, 1880. Leander Ralph, b. July 28. 1883. Da- 
vid Waring, b. Jan. 4, 1887. George Clark, b. Jan. 2},. i8(p. 
Harold Eastman, b. May 4, 1893. Joscj^h Llewellvn, b. l:m. 
13. 1896. 

Eliza Estelle Medbery, daughter of Leander Lle\\ell\n 
Medberv and wife-, Carrie Estelle Eastman, was born \)vc. 8, 
1876. Married Oct., 1900, George Charles Henry Mors. Child : 
George Leander, b. March 13. 1902. 

Hattie Lorain Medbkrn', daughter of Leander Llewi'llyn 
Medbery and wife, Carrie Estelle Eastman, was born Feb. 9, 



56 KINDRED FAMILIES. 

1880, at Elkhorn, Wis. On Sept. 25, 1902, she married Edgar 
Otho Black, son of Alexander Conway Black and wife, Eleanor 
Hepsibah Smith, who was born at Spartanburg^-, S. C, Dec. 3. 
1872. They reside at Columbia, S. C. There has been born 
to them, Llewell)'n Conway, b. Nov. 22, 1904, d. Mav 20, i(jo6. 

Clark Waring, II., son of Clark Warin^- I., and wife, Sybil 
Crocker, was born at IJerne, N. Y., May 3. 1827. Went with 
his father's family when they removed to Wayne County, N. Y. 
That a change of climate might be beneficial to his health, in Nov., 
1846, he removed to Columbia, S. C. At that time railroading 
was in its infancy. He went by packet on the Erie Canal from 
Newark to Schenectady, where he was enabled to travel by rail 
from tliat place to Albany', where he again took passage by 
water on the Hudson river boat 'Tsaac Newton," to New York 
City. From New York City he embarked on the "Old South- 
erner" for Charleston, where he was again enabled to travel 
by rail to Columbia. As a mark of success in the business which 
he has followed, that of architect and bvnlder, numerous public 
buildings in Columbia and neighboring towns stand as monu- 
ments to his initiative and enterprise. Not a few have known his 
(juiet philanthropy, notwithstanding the entire lack of egotism as 
a characteristic in his nature. While the greater portion of 
Columbia was destroyed by Sherman's forces, w4ien they halted 
in that city on their march north from Savannah. ( )wing to 
its central location, commodious structure, and adaptability, Clark 
Waring's residence was chosen by General Sherman as his head- 
(juarters. He married Aug. 25. 1853, Hannah I). Lusk. born 
1832, died 1856. They had two children, both died in infancy. 
On May 3. i860, he married lilizabeth E., daughter of Will- 
iam H. and Harriet E. ^^'ingate, who was born 1842, died 1864. 
Children: Clark, b. 1861, d. 1862. Wilber Augustus, b. 1862, 
d. 1869. George Walker, b. May 4. 1864. On Feb. 5. 1867. 
he married Melvina Sarah Gist, nee Black, daughter of John 
I '.lair Black and l^dizabeth Ann. his wife, who was born 1842. 
To them were born five children: Robert Stewart, Elizabeth 
She])herd, Amy Melvina, Frances Mather, and ("lark, ddiey re- 
side in Columbia, S. C. 



KlNDUIvD l-\\Mll.il-.S. 57 

George Walker Waring, son of Clark Waring and wife, 
Elizabeth Wingate, was l)()rn at Columbia. S. C, on Mav 4, 1864. 
Educated at Thompson's ^lilitary Scbool. Souili Carolina Col- 
lege, and Cooper's Union Institute of New York City. Imoui the 
last named institution be n)ni])lete(l a course in arcbitcctm-e, 
since which time be has very successfully fobdwed the i)usiness 
as an architect and builder. ( )n March 5, l88(j, be married 
Minnie Lee Wright, daughter of William Alexander Wright and 
wife, Sarah Loretta \\\\st. Tlnw children were born \n them: 
Minnie Lee, b. Dec. 15, 1889. d. ^lay 3, i8(jt. ( ieorge Win- 
gate. 1). Jan. 13. 1892. Elmar Stebbins, b. Oct. 7. 1893. They 
reside in Columbia, S. C. 

Robert Stewari- Wauixc, son of Clark Waring and wife, 
ALdvina S. Gist, was born at Columl)ia, S. C, Nov. 19. 1867. 
Educated at private schools and South Carolina College of Co- 
lumbia, S. C. In spring of 1888 he removed to AkMii])his, Tenn., 
where he lived for about two years, when he removed lo l''t. 
Smith, Ark., where he held positions in the offices of the "l'"risco 
Line," and Missouri Pacific. In 18c/) he returned to Columbia, 
antl still continued in the railroad business l)y accepting a ])osi- 
tion as local cashier w ith the Atlantic Coast Line. I le married 
in Fort Snfith on Aug. 8. 1894, b^lizabetb Minnt'baba i )u \ al. 
daughter of Charles William Du \ al and wife, Caroline Jane 
Schuyler, who was born Feb. 17. i86<). in C)rangeburg County. S. 
C. Three children ha\e been born to them: Robert 1 )u \ al, b. 
at Ft. .Snfith, Ark., May 20, i8(j5. Clark 1 )u \'al, b. ;it I olumbia. 
S. C. June 28, 1897. Elizabeth Caldwell, b. at Columbia, b'el). 
13, 1899. They reside at Columbia. S. C. 

Eliz.^p.eth Shepherd Waui.\«;, daughter of Clark Waring 
and wife, Malvina S. Gist, was born at Columbia. S. C. June 22, 
1869. Her education was completed at Miss Elmore's Senfinary, 
a private school for young ladies, in Columbia, S. C. On Nov. 
2, 1892, she married Fritz Hugh McMaster, son of George Hun- 
ter McMaster of Winnsboro, S. C, and wife. Alary Elizabeth 
bdinniken. They lived in Charleston, S. C, for about nine years, 
where Mr. McMaster was business manager for the "Evening 
Post," when they removed to Columbia, where he now is on the 



58 KINDRED FA M 1 LI i:.S. 

business staff of "The State," \\liich has the largest circulation 
of any paper in the state. No children. 

Amy Malvina Warinc, daughter of Clark Waring and 
wife, Malvina S. Gist, was born in Columbia, S. C, Jan. 31, 1872. 
Graduated from Miss Elmore's Seminary in Columbia. In 1893 
she took a year's course at Moody's Bible Institute in Chicago, 
111. In 1894 she commenced a course at the Women's Medical 
College in Baltimore, Md., with a view of preparing herself for 
a medical missionary, but her health failing, she had to give up 
the course after the hrst year's w-ork. On July 29, 1896, she 
married Rev. Charles Stanley Blackburn of Pierre, S. D. On 
Sept. 19, 1896, they sailed from New York for Urumea, Persia, 
as missionaries under the lioard of the Northern Presbyterian 
(/hurch. They resided in Persia till Fall of 1904, when they re- 
turned to America, when Mr. Blackburn accepted a charge at 
Seneca, S. C. They have the following children : William Max- 
well, b. in LTrumea, Persia, April, 1899. George Stebbins, b. in 
Urumea, Persia, Aug., 1901. Malvina Waring, b. in Ander.son 
County, S. C, June, 1905. 

Frances Mather Waring, daughter of Clark Waring and 
wife, Malvina S. Gist, was born in Columbia, S. C, June 20, 
1 88 1. Educated at College for Women in Columbia, and Miss 
Bouham's private school. She lives with her parents at 
Columbia, S. C. 

Clark Waring (III.), son of Clark Waring and wife, Mal- 
vina S. Gist, was born at Colunil)ia, S. C, June 7, 1887. He 
graduated in 1906 from the South Carolina Military Academy in 
Charleston, S. C. Lives at Columljia. S. C. 

STILES 

Francis Stiles was born in England, baptised Aug i, 1602. 
He came on the ship Christian in 1635, from London, where he 
had been a carpenter, to Dorchester, where he remained till the 
following year, when he removed to Windsor, Conn. On Sept. 
22, 1647, he made over to Robt. Staltonstall by deed all his lands 
at Windsor, including 1.500 acres in one parcel on east side of 
the river, but the debt exceeded the value. He then called him- 



KINDRED FAMILIES. 59 

self of Saybrook. Children, Iq)liraini. Sanniel, IkMiiamiii. 
Thomas, Hannah and Alary. Sarah, his \vidi)\v. niarrieil 
Robert Clark of Stratford, Conn., and 1)\' will June 5, 1677. 
Inventory of k"eb. i, 1682 showed /S5. 

Hannah Stii.es. dan^hter of iMancis and Sarah !-^tiles, 
married Serc^t. Kfhvard Ilinnian. 

JENNINGS 

Joshua Jicnnincs, a native of lui.^iand, niarrird .Mar\- W il 
liams, Dec. 2^, 1647, 'it Hartford, Conn. TIua removed to 
Fairfield in 1656, where he died in 1^)76, leavinj^ a ii;ood estate 
and the following children: JoshL'A, Josej)!!. Michael. .Sanuiel, 
John, Matthew. Isaac, Mary and Eliza])eth. 

JosHi;.\ Jenninc.s. ]\<.. oldest son of Joshua Jennings and 
wife, Mary Williams, was born at Hartford, Conn, lie married 
Mary Lyon and died in 1716, Children. Joshua, .Moses, Mar)-, 
Hannah, Abigail. 

Hannah Jennincs, daughter of Joshua Jennings and wife, 
Mary Lyon, was born, probably, at h'airfield, Conn.. July 25, 1678. 
Married Edward Hinman, Jr., of Stratford, and died July 25, 
1777. The following are aiu(~)n,g the li\ing descendants of Joshua 
Jennings, Sr., and wife, Mary Wil'iams. viz.: Levi Jennings, 
of Bridgeport, Conn.: Rebecca Stilhnan Coale. Mary Coale 
Kelly, Ralph Lathrop Kelly, of \'oungstown. ( )hio. and William 
L. Coale, Donald Coale. and Lorena Coale, of Warren, ( )hio. 

FILLEY 

Whj.i.\.m h"iEi>i:v was at Windsor. C"onn.. 1640, or earlier. 

He married Margarite , Sei)t. 2, 1642. Children, 

Samuel, John, Mary. l'j.i/.\i;i:rH, .Abigail. Deborah and William. 

ELizAHirrH Imllev married Nov. 17. 1669. D.wid Win- 
ch ell. 

(Fille_\-, Winchell, r.eckwith. Hinman.) 

ADAMS 

Robert Adams, a tailor from 1 lolderness, County "S'ork, 
England, was at Salem, Mass., in 1638, but had first lived two 
or three years at Ipswich. Two children, John and Joanna, were 



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KINDRED FAMILIES. 



born in England. AI)raliani. born i63(;, at Salcni. Tie removerl 
to Ne\vl)nry in i()4o: Iiad Isaac 1648, Jacol) i64(;, liannali 1650, 
Jacob 1651 (tbe first Jacob jM-obah'y (bed younj^). b^bzabctli and 
Mary. -His wife. Elenor. dietl Jnnc 12. 1677. Jlr married Feb. 
6, 1678. Sarab. widow of Henry Sbort, wbo (bed ( )et. 24, 1697. 
He (bed Oct. 12. 1682. aged 80 years. 

Jacob Adaais, son of Robert and Elenor Adams, was l)orn 
at Newl)nry. Mass.. in 165 1. He married .\nn Allen, April 7, 
1677. Cbildren. Dorotby. Rel)ecca. Tbey removed to Suffield, 
Conn., and tbere bad Jacoli. Daniel. Abrabam, Jobn. Ann. Eliza- 
betb and Sarab. He was representative for Suffield in 171T, 1714 
and 1717. He died in Noveml)er of tbc last named vear. 

Ann Adams, daugbter of Jacob Adams and wife, Ann Allen, 
was born at Suffield. Conn. Sbc married David Wincbell, Dec. 
20. 1709. 

(Adams, Wincbell, lleckwitb, Hinman. ) 

WINCHELL 

RoBEirr WiNCHELL. ])robably born in tbe sontb of England. 
He was in Dorchester. Mass., as early as 1634. He went to 
Windsor, Conn., about 1635. He died Jan. 21, 1669. His wife 
died July 10, 1655. 

D.wu) W'inchell, son of Robert Wincbell, was born at 
Windsor; baptized (Jet. 22, 1643. He married Nov. 18. 1669. 
Elizabeth Filley. daughter of William and Margarite Filley, of 
W'indsor, Conn. He died 1723-4, probably at Sufiield. Conn. 

David Winchei.i., son of David Wincbell and wife. Eliza- 
beth Filley, was born March 19. 1682, at Suffield. Conn. He 
married first. Ann A\lams, Dec. 20, 1709; second Elizabeth 
Ilambbn, Oct. 27. 1720. 

D.wii) WiNCHELE, son of Davicl Wincbell and wife, Ann 
Adams, was born Sept. 22, 1710. He married Mary Trumble, 
of Suffielfl. Jime 9. 1631. 

D-Wiii WixciiKi.i., ])robable son of David Wincbell and wife, 
Mary Trumble. was born at Suffield. He married Lois Hall, of 
Endfield Conn., Jan. 1755. 



KINDRFD FAArTT.lF.S. 6l 

Lois Winchell, t\\ in daui^iitcr of David Winclu'll and wife, 
Lois Hall, was born at Suffield, Dec. 12. 1755. She married 
Samuel Beckwitli. of (ioshen, Conn., and died near liraeeville. 
Ohio. Mareh 15, 1841. 

(Winchell. Reckwith, Ilinnian.) 

CLARK 

George Clark was at .Milford. Cmm.. in i(),v;- Married 

Mary . antl had son George and six daugluers. 1 le died 

Aug. 1690, leaving good estate. In his will of 25 April pre- 
ceeding. he named daughter Sarah, then a widow of the famous 
Capt. Joseph Sill, but had first been a widow of Lieut. Rexnold 
Marvin, also live of her children b\- Marvin. 

/ 

Sarah Clark, daughter of George and Mary Clark, was 
baptized Feb. 18. 1644. Married Lieut. RKVxoi.n M.\k\i\ about 
1662. Married second, Capt. Joseph Sill, I'eb. 12, i()78. and died 
at Lyme. Feb. i, 1716. 

(Clark, Marvin, Ik^ckwith, Hinman.) 

MARVIN 

Reynold Marvin (and wife, Johan), of Ram.^ey, Fssex. 
England, b. al)OUt 1514: will dated Dec. 22, 1554: buried in St. 
Michael's churchyard. Children: Richard, Edward, John, 
Audrey, Margery, Barbara. 

Edward Maiuin, b. at Ramsey, about 1550 or earlier, wife 
named Margaret; d. at Great Bentley, between Xov. 13. K>i5 
and Jan. 17, 1616. Children, Edward, Thomas, Richard, Robert, 
John, Reynold, Elizabeth, Matthew. 

Reynold AL\rvin, baptized at St. 2\lary's church. Great 

Bentley, June 7, 1593; m. Mary , about 1617, followed 

his brother :\Iatthew to Hartford, Conn., in 1639 or 1638, 
removed to Lyme about 1651. wife died 1661. He died between 
May 23 and (let. 28, 1662: (a'.cused XiiJiolas Jennings, of Say- 
brook, of having caused his wife's death bv witchcraft ; de- 
fendant apparently acquitted since he lived ten or twelve years 
later). Children, William, Elizabeth, Sarah, Reynold, Mary. 



62 KINDRED FAMILIES. 

Liei;t. Re^'Nold Marvin, l)a])tized at Great Eentley, Dec. 
20. 1631 ; m. a1)ont 1662, Sarali, (laughter of (icorj^c and Alary 
Clark, of Milford: (Wvd at Lyme, Aus^". 4. 1676. Children, John. 
Mary, Rexnold. Sannul. Sakaii. 

Sarah Mak\ix, born 1673; ni. James Ijeekwilh, l'"eb. 18, 
1693. 

(Marvin, r.eckwith, llinnian.) 

BECK WITH 

MAi"nii:w Beckwith, horn in 1610, i)rol)ahl\- in one of the 
eastern ct)nnties of England; l)onght W'm. Pratt's home lot at 
Hartford, Conn., in 1645, (ina\- have been in Mass. or Conn, a 
few years earlier) removed to New London and Lyme (land 
in both towns, Init house in Lyme) al)out 1651; killed Oct. 21, 
1 080, ])y a fall in a dark night down a ledge of rocks. W'ife. 
Elizabeth. l)orn and married in England (family name not 
known). Married second, .^amuel lUickland, and died before 
1690. Number of children uncertain, but sons ALvnuEW, John, 
Joseph. Nathaniel (and possibly Benj.) : daughters Mrs. Robert 
Gerard and Mrs. llcnj. (irant. both widows, and apparently 
Catherine, unmarried, (named in dvcd of her brother Nathaniel). 

MATriiKW I'>ECK\\ iTii, oldcst son of Matthew and b^lizabeth 

Bcckwith, l)orn in 1637, married first at Guilford, Sarah , 

about 1665; second at Lvme, Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew 
(iriswold (divorced from John Rogers for heresy and wicknv of 
Peter Pratt). He died June 4, 1727. aged 90. Eight children by 
first marriage; one by second, viz.: Matthew, John. James. 
Jonah, Prudence, Elizabeth, Ruth, Sarah, ( n-iswold. All of these 
named in his will made in 1715, tiled in 1727. 

J.\.\JEs Beckwitj], third son of Matthew and Sarah Bcck- 
with. born at New London, Jmie i, 1671, and baptized Sept. 10, 
together with brothers Mattliew and John, who were born at 
Guilford. About 1677 his parents removed to Lyme, where. Feb. 
18. 1693, he married Sarah, \-oungest daughter of Lieut. Rey- 
nold Marvin and wife, Sarah Clark. All children born and 
recorded at Lyme (village of Hamburg), viz.: James, Matthew, 
Daniel (died young), Sarah, Daniel, Reynold, Samuel, Elizabeth, 



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John, Mary; in 1732 ihev removed with Samuel and Nounger 
children to Norwich; about 1744 removed to Southington ; died 
there about 1756. 

James Beckwitii, oldest son of James lleckwith and wife. 
Sarah Marvin, was born at L\nie. Ma\ 1. 16^)5. Married first 
Rebecca Lamb, who was mother of his seven known children. 
(She ma>' have been a daughter of Isaac Lamb, of (irohm, but 
is is onl\- known that her marriage was ( )ct. 15. 1717, at or near 
Lyme, and that she died between 1743 and 1748, at h'arming- 
ton or Southington.) About 1732, James. Jr.. renioved to South- 
ington (then south parish of h'armington ) , where his father anil 
brothers, Reynold and John, followed later. About 175C) he 
removed to I'ristol, where he died C 'ct. 2. 1784. in his looth year. 
He married Mrs. Hannah IJarnes, Jan. kj. 1740: Mi'>- Mary 
Howe, Aug. 28, 1760; Mrs. Abigail (Clark) Sperry. l-'eb. 14, 
1769. Children: Sarah. J.\mi:s, Rebecca, (born at l.ynu' ) : 
Samuel (died young), Iluldah. Mary, Silence Lamb (born at 
Southington). 

James Beckw'ith, son of James Beckwith and wife, Re- 
becca Lamb, was born at Lyme, April i, 1725. lie married 
Lvdia. daughter of Nathaniel Hitchcock and wife, Elizabeth 
Mansfield, at Southington, May 28,. 1752; died at Bristol, April 
25, 1804. Lydia's parents were married l-"eb. 14. 1728. and she 
was born Dec. 7, 1730. Some movements among her husband's 
relatives took her to Goshen (as a widow I. where she died March 
20, 1819. Children, S.v.m ii:i., Lydia. Lucy, Zachariah. Uuben, 
Mansfield. Mary, Lurenda, Rosanna. L\(lia M., Levi Woodruff. 
Lucy AL, Selah Cook, Ruben and MansfieUl died young. Zacha- 
riah, a soldier of the Revolution (Capt. \Vm. Judd's Co., Col. 
Saml. Wylly's Regiment). ALuw never married. 

Deacon Samuel Beckwitii, son of James Beckwith antl 
wife, Lydia Hitchcock, was born in 1754. He married about 
1775, Lois, twin daughter of David W'inchell and wife, Lois 
Hall. They lived at Goshen for a time, where all of their children 
were born. They removed to Western New York, probably to 
Phelps, Ontario Co., where their oldest daughter, Lurinda 
Richards, and husband lived. From Phelps they removed to 



64 KIN DR KD F A M 1 1 . r 1: S . 

Ohio, probably in i8it;, when John and Lurenda Richards re- 
moved to that place. Deacon Sanuiel died March 2, 1831, and 
with his wife, Lois, are bnried in the cemetery at Braceville, U. 
Children, Lurenda, Ira b. Septt. 18, 1779, d. May i8, 1780; Lois, 
Almira, Lydfa, Lucy 1). Vvh. 12. 1788, d. April 23, Samuel, 
Lurenda, m. John Richards; Lois, m. Samuel Oviatt ; Almira, m. 
Lsaac Pierce Ingraham. 

Lydia^ m. Abner liinman (see llinnian family). After 
Abner Hinman's death, she m. Ephraim Taylor, July 9, 1818. 
Child, Samuel, b. Oct. 18, 1826, d. Sept. 26, 1827. Ephraim 
Taylor d. Dec. 2, 1831, aged 65 years. 

Saml. Beckw ith, s. of Dea. Saml. Beckwith and w., Lois 
\\'inchell, b. July 5, 1789. When a young man he removed to 
Western New York and lived with John and Lurenda Richards, 
went with them to Ohio in 1819. He afterwards went down the 
Ohio, where we loose record of him. Not known that he ever 
married. 

RICHARDS 

John Richards, b. June 4, 1770; m. March 25, 1795, Lu- 
renda, d. of Dea. Saml. Beckwith and \v. Lois Winchell, who 
was b. Oct. 18, 1777. John and Lurenda Richards removed from 
Cioshen, Ct., to Phelps, Seneca Co., (now Ontario), in 1807, 
where they bought a farm just west of the village of Phelps. 
In 1819 they removed to Pierpont Tp., Ashtabula Co., O. In 
1827-1828 they removed to Braceville. John Richards d. Aug. 
25, 1832. Lurenda Richards d. winter of 1855 and 1856. Chil- 
dren, Alson, b. July 12, 1796, (served in war of 1812), d. June 
15, 1854, at Three Rivers, Mich. George W., b. April 21, 1798, 
m. Mary Shaunts, Feb. 3. 1824. d. Jan. 20, 1897, at Chardon, O. 
Sally Almira, b. Dec. 8, 1799, m. John Sickles 1818, d. March 29, 
1897. Mary, b. Dec. i, 1801. m. Dr. \'osberg- 1822, d. July 10, 
1828, at Conneaut, O. Electa b. Feb. 10, 1803, m. Dana Harris 
1821, died at Pierpont, O. Saml. Sacket b. Nov. 7, 1804, d. in 
Oil City, Pa. John Chauncey, b. July 6, 1806, m. Fanny Hine. 
Lois Emmelinc, b. June 29, 1809, m. Joseph Brooks, d. at Wash- 
ington, D. C. Abigail, b. Sept. 19, 181 1, m. Alex. Brown, d. 
Aug. 20, 1889 at Conneaut, O. Lurenda, b. Sept. 27, 1813, 



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m. Chester Bordwell, d. in Wisconsin. Chester, h. ( >et. 27, 
1817. ni. Betsy Risley 1843. Alpheus Aurora. 1). Au,^. 24. 1820, 
m. Nancy Bonney 1844, d. Ahnreh 13, 1879. 

Sali.v Almira Richards, daui^hter of John and l.nrenchi 
Richards, was h. at Goshen, Ct., Dec. 8, 1799, m. John Sickles 
Decemher 10, 1818. Children, Lnrenda, h. Sept. 17, 1811; in 
W. N. Y., m. Chas Holister, Sei)t. 20, 1836, d. March 20, 1870. 
Phoebe C, b. Oct. 10, 1820, Ashtabula Co.. O.. m. Wesley Allen 
March 11, 1846. Lois A., b. April 3, 1822, Crawford Co!, Pa., 
in Fdisha Remala, July 29. 1839. d. Jan. 10, 1854. Lydia A.. 
b. Ma\- 2, 1824. Crawford Co., I'a., ni. Sanil. Sharon March 20, 
1844. d. Jan. 29, 1886. Sand. P.., b Pel). 3. 1826, Crawford Co.. 
Pa., m. Sarah Hewett June 20. 1848. d. Sept. 20. 1871. John C. 
b. Feb. 16, 1828. Crawford Co., Pa., m. Martha Sharon ]\lay 29. 
1852, William B.. b. March zy, 1830, ni. Catherine llewett Aug. 
6, 1850, d. Dec. 21, 1900. Alson R.. b. July 19. 1833, Geauga 
Co., O.. m. Arvilla Harvey Sept. 17, 1861. Sally A., b. June 14. 
1836, Braceville, O., d. Oct. 7. 1853 Charlotte Cyntha, b. Feb. 1, 
1840, Braceville, m. Saml. Bellows d. June 18, 1905. 

Phoebe C. Sickles, daughter of John Sickles and wife, 
Sallv Almira Richards, m. Wesley Allen March 11. 1846. Chil- 
dren: Ambrose W.. b. Jan. ii, 1846, m. Maggie Palmer Dec. 
25, 1873. John H.. b. b>l). 22. 1850. m. Annie Latimer March 
19, 1871. Lorenzo D., b. Nov. 26, 1854. m. Dora Faxton, 
Oct. 20, 1884. Alson B., b. June i, 1852. m. Clara Fa.xton March 
19, 1874, d. March 10. 1904. ( )restus M.. b. July 26, 1859. m. 
Minnie Kuff Sept. 20, 1873. Chas. W. b. June 5, 1862, m. Laura 
Dutz, Dec. 25. 1889. Mrs. Phoebe C. Sickles and son, Chas. \'., 
lives at Braceville, O. 

John Chauncey Richards, son of John Richards and wife, 
Lurenda Beckwith. was born at Goshen, Conn., July 6, i8o5. 
x\\. Fannie Hine April 4, 1833. Children, Maria, b. Mav 14, 
1834, m. May 21, 1854, to E. A. Clark (soldier in Civil War. d. 
Jan. I, 1863), m. second Flisha Walker in 1868. Resides at 
Braceville, O. Eveline, b. July 6, 1835. Alexander, b. 1837. 
Abigail, b. 1839. Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1840 Chester IP, b. I'eb. 3, 
1842, Louis, b. March 6, 1846. 



66 KINDKRI) FA^[fLIES. 

Chester Richards, son of John Richards and wife, Lu- 
renda Beckwith, was b at Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., Oct. 27, 
1817, m. Betsey Risley 1843. He has one son, Charles. Both 
live at Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., O. 

Alpheus Aurora Richards, son of John Richards and wife, 
Lurenda Beckwith, was born Au.s^. 24, 1820 at Sadsbury. Pa., ni. 
Nancy V. Bonney Oct. 3, 1844, who was born Feb. 2"], 1825, at 
Northeast, Pa. Children: Orson DeLysle, b. Aug. 10, 1845 at 
Conneaut. Florence Evangeline, b. Jan i, 1853 at Conneaut, O. 

Orson DeLysle Richards, son of Alpheus A. Richards and 
wife, Nancy V. Bonney. m. Linn E. Randall, of Conneaut, O., 
Sept. 25, 1866. Children: Nanette May, b. Aug. 17, 1871, at 
Conneaut, O. (Resides in Toledo, O.) Archie Brewer, b. April 
16, 1876, at Conneaut, O. 

Archie Brewer Richards, son of Orson DeLysle Richards, 
and wife, Linn E. Randall, m. Rose Belle Todd, of Conneaut, O., 
April 19. 1899. Children: Ethel Grace, b., Nov. 20, 1900, d. 
Dec. 5, 1900. Florence Rose, b. Oct. 16, 1901 at Toledo. 

Florence Evangeline Richards, daughter of Alpheus A. 
Richards and wife, Nancy Bonney, ni. Walter A. Scovill Oct. 4, 
1871. Resides at Conneaut, O. 

O VI ATT 

Edman Oviatt, (brother to Samuel Oviatt, 1779-1844) was 
b. Dec. I, 1783, ni. June 27, 1803, to Ruth, daughter of Phineas 
Ilinman and wife, Rhoda llubbel, of Goshen, Conn., who was 
born l""eb. 11, 1782. They removed to Braceville, O., in 1804-5, 
where he died June 7, 1870. She died Jan. 29^. 1858. Children: 
Sarah, b. March 3, 1804, d. Nov. 19, 1805. Lucina b. June 19, 
1807, d June 17, 1822. Elizabeth b. Jan. 6, 1810, d. April 24, 
1837. Edman Hinman, b. Nov. 6, 1812, d. Jan. 20, 1904. 
Cynthia, b. Sept. 19, 1818 (m. James Lawton and removed to 
Western Ohio — not known where she died). Mary, b. Aug. 2, 
1822, died March 18, 1888. Erastus, b. Aug. 12, 1826, d. Nov. 
21, 1826. 

Edman Hinman Oviatt, son of Edman Oviatt and wife, 
Ruth Hinman, m. Sept. 20, 1832 to Abigail Lawton, who was 



KINDRED FAMILIES. 6/ 

b. Sept 20, 1814, d. Dec. 13, 1894. I'liildren : Erastus E.. b. 
Dec. II, 1834, d. Dec. 28, 1902. Celia, 1). March S. 1841, d. 

July 17- 1885. 

Erastus E. Oviatt, son of I'jlinan lliiiinaii ( )\iatt and wife. 
Abigail Lawton, m. Sept. 22, 1858, to Roxa A. Xorth, who was 
b. Sept. 4, 1836. Chil(h-cii:: licrbcrl L.. b. .\la\ z},, 1802. 
Hettie, b. May i, 1869. 

Herbert L. 0\].\ir, son of l^raslns \\. ( )\iatt and wife, 
Roxa A. North, ni. Jnly 2. 1902, Kosc M. .Mnngcr. who was b. 
March 22, 1876. ChiUh-cn Roxa (1.. b. jnly 9. 1905. 

Hettie Ontatt, danghtcr of lu'aslns \\. and Roxa .\. < )viatt. 
lives at Braceville, O.. and has kindix fnrnislud the record of 
this faniil}'. 

Celia Ontatt, danghtcr of Edman Hinnian ( )viatt and wife, 
Abigail Lawton, ni. Sept. 26, 1867, Martin \'. ( )viatt (grandson 
of Sand. Oviatt and wife, Lois Rcckwith), who was b. Dec. 9, 
1839, (1. March 29. 1904. Cdiildrcn : Mary E.. b. Ang. 7, 1868. 
Ida AL, b. Sept. 17, 1871. 

Mary E. Oviatt, daughter of .Martin and Celia ()viatt. ni. 
May 15, 1888, to Chas. I*:. I'.ailcy. who was b. April 25, 1867. 
Children: Arthur J., b. April 11. 1889. Bessie C, b. .March 16, 
1891. Ethel AL, b. July 21, 1893. 

Ida M. Oviatt, daughter of Martin and Celia Oviatt. ni. 
July 18, 1894, John A. Wise, who was b. Jan 9, 1872. Children: 
kay E., b. Jan. 13, 1896. Alfred M., b. Jan. 21. 1898. Howard 
E., b. Nov. 21, 1899. Mark, b. Dec. 15, 1902, d. Eeb. 25, 1903. 
Edith M., b. July 17, 1905. 

Samuel 0\iatt (brother to l",dnian ( )\iatt, 1783-1870), was 
1) May 25, 1779, m. Nov. 29. 1798, Lois, daughter of Deacon 
Samuel Beckwith and wife, Lois Winchell. of (io.shen. Conn., 
who was born July 28, 1781. They removed to i'raceville. O., 
in 1802, where he died Jnly 29, 1844: she d. May 19. 1857. 
Children: Samuel, b. Dec. 22, 1799, m. Laura luirle, Nov. 2, 
1823, d. Feb. 12, 1870. Moses Lyman, b. March 30. 1802. m. 
Lavina Purple, July 26, 1825. d. .\pril 20, 1869. Lois, b. Eeb. 
22, 1804, m. Nelson McLean, Nov. 2}^, 1826, d. Nov. 13, 1870. 



68 KINDRED FAMILIES. 

Lncretia, b. }\u\v 12, 1806, m. Jos. R. janu's Xov. 15, 1835, d. 
l'\'l). 2'/, i8(j2. C hildrcn : AiiK'tia, (lii<l at 5 \cars of ai;c. Moses 
r.., who stTN'i'd tliroui^liout {hv C'ix'il War in liattery I, Inrst 
Rci;inient ( ). \'. Lii;lu Arlillcr} . Li\'i's at l''rcc(li)ni Station, ( ). 
JnHoiis, 1). March 12, 1808. ni. ( )ct. 25, 1832, d. Sei)t. ir. 1840. 
James M. 15., I). June 3, 1812, 111. Jtnie 15. 1834, d March k;, 
1879. Sally. 1). March 21, 1815, m. Thos. Dont^iass h'eli. 7, 1836, 
(1. Jnly 13, 1888. llannah, h. Jnl\ 10, 1817, ni. Nathan Wilson 
Nov. 23, 1858, d. Sept. 1894. Lncina^h. Dec. 4, 1823, m. Goodell 
r)a\nian Ai)ril 27, 1842. 

Samuel Oviatt, son of Samuel ( )\iatt and wife, Lois Beck- 
with, m. Laura Earle. Children: L.mk.x I'j.i<:cr.\, b. 1825, ni. 
first Watson Holcomb, who d. 1865, m. second Elijah Johnson, 
w'ho d. 1884. She died Jime 3. 1901. Mi:lixd.\, 1). 1829, m. 
Alonzo Winans 1855. Children : Clara, Auric and Melinda. 
S^•L\'AN^^s, b. 1830, (served in Civil \Var), m. Lucy Ra\-. Chil- 
dren, Minnie, Earle and Elmo, lie d. 1903. Ho.mI':r (twin to 
Harriet), b. 1833. (served in Civil War in Sixth ()hio A'ol. 
Cavalry) m. 1868 to Helen jMartin, d. in 1899. Children: luioch, 
Samuel and Erank. }Larriett, 1). 1833, ul 1854, William Hol- 
comb. Children: John. Laura, (irant, Lena. Dwii^ht, Lu!a and 
Hattie. Elmyra, b. 1837, m. 1855, William Tew. Children: 
Eannic, Jennie and Cora (ul IMr. Jones and lives at (iarrettsville, 
O.). Calista, b. 1840, ni. T. Russell McEwen. Lives at Youngs- 
town, ( ). Children: Edwin and Ellen. Clar.\, (twin to Calista.) 
ur.married and lives with sister at Youngstown. 

Mo.sics LvAL\x ()\iA-i-T, SOU of Sauiucl ( )viatt and wife, Lois 
Eeckwith, n\. Lavina Purple. Children: Iletsey L., b. ( )ct. 6, 
1826, m. (iaylost P. Lyman, ^larch 27, 1845. Elisha, b. April 
20, 1828. m. Betsey Sharon Nov. 7, 1850. and removed to Towa ; 
(served in Civil War in 5th low'a \"ol. Inf. — taken prisoner and 
confined one year in Belle Lsland and Libby prisons). Dolle L.. 
Iv July 28, 1830, m. Calvin Taft, Oct. i8, 1848. Harriett L., 
b. r\Iarch 31, 1832, m. Saml. Stowe .\ug. 26, 1851. Samuel 
Leister, b. \i)ril it, 1834, ul Josephine Livens Se])t. 15, 1858; 
(served in Ci\il War in Kjth ( )hio \u\. Inf.. killed at battle of 
Pittsburg- Landing). Hannah, b. July 20, 1836. Julia, b. Jnne 6, 



KINDRED FAMILIES. • 69 

1838, 111. John Humhprey I'd). 3, 1864. Aiu-il I'., h. jul\ 25. 
1840, (served throughout the Civil War in jml ( )hi() XOl. Cav- 
alry), 111. Sarah Collins h'el). 5. 1867. Cornelia, h. .^ept. 12. 
1842, m. Comfort Ernst Sept. 20, 1866. Hein\ Howard, b. 
Aug. 16, 1844, m. Esther A. Allen Feb. 1. 1866. (< )\vns and lives 
on the same farm that his grandfather, Saml. ()viatt. settled on 
in 1802.) Jerusha, b. July 15, 1848. 

Henry Howard ()\'i.\'n", son of Moses Lyman ( )viall and 
wife, Lavina Purple, m. Esther Allen, who was burn ( )cl. 18, 
-1841. Children: Eefie Cornelia, b. July 16, 1869. d. J'"eb. 14, 
1876. Harriet L.wina, b. Dee. 24, 1871, m. 1^'rank .\. Root May 
17, 1893, and have one s. Henry Albion, b. April 13, 1897, 
Julia. b.Dec. 15, 1874. m. Arthur A. Smith May 21. 1896, liavp 
one son. Ralph Oviatt, b. May 13. 1905. Gertrude Crsui.a, b. 
Aug. 16, 1877, m. Edward R. Zeilke Sept. 2t^. 1903: have twins, 
Howard Edward and Dorothy Esther, b. July 6, 1905. 

I NGR A H A M 

Isaac Pierce Inckaiiam, s. of Lsaae Ingraham and w.. 
Raehel Hickox, b. N. Branford, Ct., July 24. 1781. d. April 10, 
1846, m. Alniira Beekwith Nov. 24. i8c8, d. of Deaeon Samuel 
Beekwith and w., Lois Winchell, who was b. April 2},. 1783. d. 
Aug. 13. 1872. They lived in (iushen, Ct.. till about 1815. when 
they removed to Dauby. Tompkins Co.. N. Y.. where tlie\- re- 
p.iained till 1823 or after, when they removed to I5raee\i!le. (). 
Children: Rachel Emeline. Samuel Pierce. Isaac 1 lar\ey and 
Henry Willis. Rachel Emeline lNGKAirA>[, d. of Isaac I'. In- 
graham and w. Almira Beekwith, b. Goshen, Ct., Dec. 2, 1809. 
d. Aug. 17, 1878. m. March 22, 1829 to Comfort Stow, Jr., s. 
of Comfort Stow and w.. Rachel Cioodwin, who was b. New 
Marlborough. Ct.. ]\Iarch 19. 1802, d. Nov. 28, 1840; (lived at 
Braceville, O. ). Children : Samuel, Harriet and Norman. 1). Sept. 
10, 1835, d. Oct. 25. 1839. For second husl;)and she married 
Benj. Palmiter (2nd wife), s. of lienj. I'almiter and w.. I'diza- 
beth I'.urdick. wdio was b. llirlinglon, Ct., A])ril 22. I7<)i. d. l'"eb. 
12, 1871. Samuel Stow, s. of Comfort Stow and w., Rachel 
Jimeliue Ingraham, b, Braceville, O., June 20. 1830, d. July 21, 



JO KINDRED FAMILIES. 

1871, 111. Harriet L. Oviatt Aug-. 20, 1851. d. of Moses Lyman 
Oviatt and w.. Lavina I'urj)lc, who was h. .March 20, 1832 at 
Braceville. O. Cliildrcn : Ida Harriet and ( )rric Comfort. ToA 
Harriet Si(»w, d. of Saml. Stow and w.. Harriet L. ()viatt, h. 
I)raceville. ( ).. April 14. 1855. m. March 11. 1880. W'm. Wesley 
I'arke. s. of Thomas Parke and w., I'^liza Reynolds, who was b. 
Sei)t. 8, 1852. at West Mecca, O. Children: Harriet Eliza, b. 
Ang-. 22,, 1885. Jnlia Almira. h. Oct. 7. 1888. Alva Anson, b. 
Oct. 16. 1891. Elmer h^llis. b. April 11, 1895, d. Nov. 10. i8()5. 
(Lives at W. Mecca, O.). Orrie Comfort Stow, s. of Sanil. 
Stow and w., Harriet L. Oviatt. b. liraceville. O., April 13. i860, 
m. Dec. 19, 1883. Lonis Stoltz. d. of John Jacob Stoltz and w., 
Luise Regena Kransc, who was b. Palmyra. O., Jan. 17, 1866. 
Children: Orrie Saml, b. Dec. 21, 1891. Panline Louise, b. 
July 2, 1894. Harriet lone, b. April 30, 1906, (lives at Brace- 
ville.). Harriet Stow, d. of Comfort Stow and w., Rachel Eme- 
line Ingraham, b. Braceville, Sept. 30, 1832, d. Oct. 22, 1895, m. 
July 2. 1851, Jndson Palmiter, s. of IJenj. Palmiter and w., Edna 
Roberts, who was b. Warren, ()., June 10. 1827. d. July 23, 1886. 
Children: Edwin Stow. \'iol(), b. Jan. 29. 1858. d. Feb. 16, 
1858. Minnie Emeline. P.ertha R.. b. March 26, 1867, d. Aug. 
31, 1867. Henry Jndson. 

ErfwiN Stow Palmiter, (real estate, etc.. Hart, Mich.), s, 
of Jndson Palmiter and w. Harriet Stow, b. Braceville. Jan. 20, 
1854. m. Nov. 17. 1877. Lydia Jane (iarver, d. of David L. Garver 
and w., Nancy Ann Smith, who was b. Spencer, ( )., Sept. 2y, 
1856. Children: Edna Pearl. Jndson, b. July 13. 1882. Bessie 
Louise, b. April 16, 1884. Edna Pearl Palmiter, d. of Edwin 
Stow Palmiter and w., Lxdia Jane (iarver, b. Hart. Mich.. Sept. 
I I, 1878, m. June 28. 1899, J^}' Ldgar Lyon. s. of Wm. iM-anklin 
L\(>n and w.. Emily J. West, who was b. ( )berlin, ()., Nov. 10, 
1874. Children: Laura Louise, b. July 4, 1900. Edwin Frank- 
lin, b. March 7, 1904, (lives at Detroit, Mich). Minnie E. 
P.\LMrn:K, d. of Jndson Palmiter and w., Harriet Stow, b. Ligo- 
nier, Ind.. June 3, 1859, n\. Oct. 9, 1879, Wm. Henry Cornell, s. 
of Win. II. Cornell and w. Elizabeth F. Hodges, who was b. 
IlamiltoiL ( )nt.. Feb. 2, 1854. Children: Hazel Kirk, b. Grand 
Rapids, Mich.. Aug. 31. 1884, (dentist, lives at Hart, Mich.) 



KiNDRF.n r.\Mir.ii:s. 71 

Henry Judson Palmiter, s. of Judson Palniiter and w., Harriet 
Stow, b. Hart, Mich., April 15, 1870, m. June 19, 1895. Libbie A. 
Reed, d. of iJenj. Reed and w., Aurelia Barker, who was b. iiari, 
Mich., Jan. 3. 1870. ChiUh-en : Dorothy Frances, b. Feb. 28, 
1898, d. April 13. 1898. Benj. Judson, b. Ma\- 30, i(;()3, (mer- 
chant, lives at Hart, Alich.j. Sami'kl Pierce Lxc.u ah am, s. of 
Isaac P. Ingraham and w., Alnn'ra Ueckwith, b. Goshen, L't., Oct. 
13, 181 1. (1. Xov. 30. 1890. ni. lA'l). 19, 1835, (first wife). Lydia 
E. Stow (widow of Heiu-y Dail}), d. of Comfort Stow, Sr., and 
w., Rachel Goodwin, who was b. Xew ^Marlborough, Ct., ]May 7, 
1804, d. May 24, 1869. Child: Henry Pierce. For second wife 
he ni. Elmira P. Stow (niece of first wife), d. of Xornian Stow 
and w., Lucy Humphre}-, and widow of James Robe, wIkj was 
b. Nov. 4, 18 19, at Braceville, d. March 30, 1896. Henry Pierce 
Ingraham, s. of Saral. P. Ingraham and w., Lydia E. Stowe, b. 
Braceville, June 21, 1837, d. Oct. 30, 1862, m. Feb. 3, 1859, Mary 
Amanda Spalding", d. of Augustus Spalding and w. Eliza Has- 
kell, who was b. July 23. 1837, at Ellsworth, O., d. Aug. 6, 1870. 
Child: Henry Pierce, Jr., (farmer, lived at Braceville). Henry 
Pierce Ingraham, Jr., s. of Henry P. Ingraham and w., Mary 
Amanda Spalding, b. Braceville, O., Nov. 26, 1861, m. Dec. 7, 
1882, Adela M. Leyde, d. of Cyrus Bailey Leyde and w.. Jane 
Tidball, who was b. Liberty, O., Oct. 9, 1859. Children : Archie 
Leyde, b. Nov. 19, 1883. Jessie Delle, b. June 14, 1888. Henry 
Verne, b. May 5, 1890. Law-rence Wood, b. Xov. 11, 1891. 
Helen May, b. Sept. 13, 1895, (farmer, lives in State of Wash- 
ington). Isaac Har\-ev Ixgraiiam, s. of Isaac P. Ingraham and 
w., Almira Beckwith, b. Danby, X. Y., Sept. 17, 181 7, d. l*\'b. 24, 
1874, m. June 3, 1841, Mary Hinsdale, d. oi Jacob Hinsdale and 
w., Hannah Rood,' who was b. Jan. 25, 1823. at (.'anaan. (.t., d. 
Oct. 16, 1901. Children: Rollin Hinsdale; Fmi!}- Maria; Kd- 
win Ilale, b. Feb. 20, 1854. d. Sept. 12, 1855; Edward Jacob; 
Alice Jane ; George Willis. Carl Grant, wagon maker and rail- 
road station agent, lived at Braceville, Dover and Cortland, O. 

Rollin Hinsdale Ingraii.vm, s. of Isaac H. Ingraham and 
w., Mary Hinsdale, b. Braceville, Nov. 2y, 1846, m. Jan. 8, 1868, 
Maria Electa Robbins, d. of Joshia Robbins and w., Electa 
IMason,, who was b. May 29, 1843, ^t Niles, O., d. June 6, 1900. 



72 KINI)KI':i) |-.\M I1JI-:S. 

Child: Grace Robbins. For second wife he ni. Sept. 13, 1903, 
Mabel Eugenia Taylor, d. of George Robert Taylor and \v., Hen- 
rietta Brandon, wlio was 1). Kingston, Jamaica, B. W. I., June 
23. 1868. Child: Viola Maud, b. and d. Nov. 25, 1904. He 
served in the Civil War in Co. F, 171st Regt. O. V. Inf. By 
some error his name is recorded in the Ohio Roster of Soldiers 
as Harvey R. Ingraham. (Bookkeeper, traveling salesman and 
manufacturer — has lived at Niles and Youngstown, O., but now 
lives in New York City.) Grace Robbins Ingraham, d. of 
Rollin H. Ingraham and wife, Marie E. Robbins, b. at Niles, O., 
May 31, 1873, m. RoUa Percy Hartshorn, Aug. 17, 1898, s. of 
David S. Hartshorn and w., Harriet Sriver, who was I). Kansas 
City, Mo., March 19, 1871. Child: David Newport, b., Leetonia, 
(). April 13, 1899. Grace Rol)bins, b. Youngstown, O., Aug. 30 
1903, lives at Yovmgstown, where R. P. H. is a banker. 

Emily Maria Ingraham, d. of Isaac H. Ingraham and w., 
Mary Hinsdale, b. Braceville, July 8, 1848, m. (ist husl^and) 
Jime I, 1870, Samuel Tappan Casterlin, s. of Ziba Casterlin and 
w., Catherine Elwell, who was b. Liberty, Ind., Nov. 5, 1845, d. 
Aug. 6, 1887. (Lived at Niles, C, and Indianapolis, Ind.) 
Child: Bennett Harvey, b. Nov. 16, 1872, d. May 27, 1873. She 
m. April 30, 1894, Wm. \'ernon Chaney (second husl)and) s. of 
Wm. Chaney and w., Mary Jordan, who was b. Mar. 24. 1850, 
at Ellsworth, Maine, d. Oct. 17, 1902. (Lived in Washington, 
D. C. and New York City.) Edward Jacob Ingraham, s. of 
Isaac H. Ingraham and w., Mary Hinsdale, b. Dover, O., April 
6, 1857, m. Adaline P. Herriott Feb. 26, 1879, d. of David T. 
Herriott and w., Maria TtMuson, who was b. Keel Ridge, Pa., 
Jan. 13, 1858, d. March 8, 1888. Children: Chas. Edward; 
Rollin Harvey, b. Nov. 27, 1881 ; Alice Mary. b. Dec. 13, 1883, 
d. April 3. 1888; Myra Louise, b. May 30, 1886, d. Feb. 24, 
1888. He m. June 21, 1888 (2nd w.) Mary Frances Hoffman, d. 
of John George Hoffman and w., Elizabeth Reuppert, who was 
b. Greenville, Pa., Jan. i, 1866, d. Jan. 26. 1892. Children. 
Frances Mabel, b. April 28, 1889; George Merle, b. Feb. 12, 
1 89 1. He m. Dec. 26, 1892 (3rd w.) Regina Estelle Hoffman, 
d. of John George Hoffman and w., Elizabeth Reuppert, who was 
b. Greenville, Pa., Aug. 18, 1869. Child : Raymond Rupert, b. 



KINDRED FAMILIES. 73 

Feb. 15, 1900. (Shipper, ete. Lived at Edna, Minn.. Grcen- 
A'ille and Sharon, Pa.. Yonni^stown, ( ).. HnncansvilU', I'a.. and 
Jeannette. Pa.) Cii.\s. Eowwrd 1x(;raii.\.m, s. of lulward Jacob 
Ingraham and \v., Adehnc P. Herriotl. b. Ilnr^- Hill. ().. Dec. 24, 
J879, ni. Sept. 27, 1905. Ora Luella Kaj^arisc, d. of llosca H. 
Kagarise and w.. Caroline R. Hoffman, who was b. Sharpsvillc, 
Pa., June 28. 1884. (Shipping clerk. Lives at Sharon. Pa.) 
Alice Jane Inc.r.miam, d. of Isaac PL Ingraham and w.. Mary 
Hinsdale, b. Braceville. ()., Sept. 30. 1859. ni. Jan. 28, 1886. Albert 
Lncins Pell, s. of Jnse])h Samnel Hell and w ., Caroline Harnbeisel. 
who was b. Liberty. ( )., June 27, i860. Children: b'rederick 
Ward, b. April 21. 1887. Earl Laverne, b. May 8. 1896, d. Jan. 

1, 1897. Florence Ligraham. b. Feb. 12, 1900 ( Dejitity Sheriff. 
lives at Youngstown, ().). Ceorce Wilt. is Inoraiim, s. of Isaac 
H. Ingraham and w.. Mary Hinsdale, b. Praceville, O., Sept. 16, 
1862. m. Sadie Baldwin Beck, T'eb. 26. 1885, daughter of Chas. 
Beck and w., Eliza Ellen Brown, who was b. Pittsburg. Pa., 
March 3. 1864. Child: Austie Louise, b. Jan. Ji. 1886. at 
Youngstown. ( ). (Produce Dealer, lives at Pittsburg). Carl 
Grant Ingraham. s. of Isaac H. Ingraham and w. Marv Hins- 
dale, b. Cortland, ()., June 5. 1868. m. Dec. i-j, 1893. Sarah Coli- 
.son lohnson. dauditer of los. Alex. Johnson and w.. Marv l^llen 
Colison. who was b. Washington. D. C, Dec. 25. 1867. Chil- 
dren: ^lildred Hinsdale, b. Dec. 29, 1895. Carl Clrant. b. .\ug. 
13, 1899. Alice Lorain, b. Jan. 3, 1903. Joseph Johnson, b. Oct. 

2, 1906. (Stenographer and private clerk WestinghoiLse Co., 
lives Wilkinsburg, a suburl) of Pittsburg). Henry Willis Ix- 
oRAiiA.M. son of Isaac P. Ingraham and w.. .\lmira lleckwith. b. 
Danby, N. Y.. Aug. 25, 1823. d. Oct. 19, 1872, m. 1-eb. 20, 1847, 
Nancy West, daughter of Wm. West and w., Ellen Paterson. who 
was b. Aug. 15. 1822. in Ireland, d. May 19. 1904. Children: 
Almira Beckwith. Henry Ciordon. 1). JaiL 26. 1831. d. Aug. 10. 
1869. Isaac West. Richard Edwin. (Farmer and railroad em- 
ployee, lived in Trumbull and Portage Counties. ( ). 1 Almira 
Beckwith In(;raha.m, daughter of Henry Willis Ingraham and 
w., Nancy West, b. Windham, O.. May 21. 184S. m. Jan. 1. 1868, 
David Irving Holconib, s. of Webster Holcomb and w., Harriet 
Dutcher, who was b. Orangeville, O., Nov. 13. 1843. d. Dec. 22, 



74 KINDRED FAMILIES. 

1900. Cliild: Will, rrcdei-ick. ( D. 1. II. was a crockcrv and 
oliina (K'ak-r and lived at \l{. I'k'asanl, Iowa, and Scdalia. Mo.) 
Wm. k'Ki'-.Di'.KK k I loiAd.Mi;, ,s. of I )a\id I. Jlok-onil) and w., 
A'niira Ik In-raliani, h. Ah. I'kasanl, luwa, .Ma\ iS. 1X71, m. 
Sept. 5, 1899, Mary Xirqinia McKce. dauqlurr of J. W . AicKce 
and w., Louise Strain, who was h. ( )et. 19, iS,y\, in Ohio. Child: 
Alinira Louise, h. June 27, k/jo, d. Xov. 2. 1900. (Real estate 
and niusic, lives at Evanston. Ilk Isaac West In(;raiiam, s. of 
Henry W. Ingraham and w.. Xancy West. h. Windham, ( )., |ulv 
6, 1853, d. Sept. 11, 1897. ni. April 19, 1876, Ella Crystella Mor- 
ion, dau.q-hter of Wm. Morton and w.. Mary Ann More, who was 
I). Woodbrido-e, Cak, Feb. 2, 1861. Children: X\'in. Willis, 
(.race Evelina, b. March ii, 1878, d. Se])t. 16, 1897. Richard 
kolHn, Effa Agnes, Alma May, k:ila Almira, b. June 19, 1888, d. 
Aug. 30, 1897. Lsaac W^est. ( Farmer, lived at Campton and 
Los Angeles, Cak) WkM. Wilms I nckaha.m, s. of Lsaac W. 
Ingraham and w., kdla C. M(M-ton, b. Complon, Cak, Dec. 19. 
1876. m. Nov. 10, 1900, Llermionc Lockv>-()o;l, daughter of ( )scar 
Lockwood and w., Euphia L. Linn, who was b. k.urlington, Iowa, 
June 22, 1878. (Served in the Spanish-American War in Co. 
C. 7th. Reg't, Cak X'olnntecrs. Lives at Los Angeles, Cal 
Richard Roij.ix 1n(;kaiiam, s. of Isaac W. Ingraham and w., 
Ella C. Morton, b. Compton, Cak, March 4. 1880, m. Sej)!. 24, 
1902. Josephine Mary Negel, daughter of Frank Autling Xegcl 
and w.. Mary Agatha Schlinger, who was b. Ilk, June 24, 1877. 
Children: Almyra Louise, b. July 3, 1903. Albert Richard, b. 
Nov. 5, 1905. Lives Los Angeles. Cal. Effie Agnes In- 
«;uAiF\M, d. of Isaac W. Ingraham and w.. Ella C. Morton, b. 
Compton, Cak, Oct. 2y. 1882. m. Aug. 5, 1902, James L. Barnes, 
s. of Will. iJarnes and w., Eliza Johnson, who was b. k>b. 
17. 1875. C'hild: Latherford W'est, b. Sept. 24, 1903. (Lives 
at Los Angeles, Cal.) Al.ma M.w Ixcraiiam, d. of Isaac W. 
Ingraham and w., Ella C. Morton, I). Compton, Cak, July 2, 1886, 
m. April 22, 1903, Chas. Alex. Goodale, s. of Christopher Goodale 
and w., Margaret Jane Lavn.ck. who was b. Oct. 11, 1870, at 
Lock])ori, 111. (Lives at Pasadena, Cal. Richard Edwin In- 
i-.KAiiAM, s. of Henry Willis Ingraham and w.. Xancy W'est, b. 
kowlcr, O., Aug. 17, 1855. '"• March 1. 1881, Jennie F. Kessee, 



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(laughter of John Henry Kessee and w.. Thankful 1 iamiali Am 
drews, who was b. Mills County, Iowa. Jan. y, 1862. Children: 
Earl Henry. Leroy Edwin, b., Aug. 22, 1883. John Kessee, b. 
Sept. 2-/, 1886. Nellie Virginia, b. April 14, 1888. Helen An- 
drews, 1). Dec. 17, 1893, d. May 21, 1895. Clarence George, b. 
May 3, 1896. (Newspaper publisher, lives at Council ] Muffs, 
Iowa.) Earl Henry lNGRAii.\-\i, s. of Richard \\. Ingrahani 
and w., Jennie T. Kessee. b. Council Bluffs. Iowa, I'cb. 16, 1882. 
m. May 15, 1905, Jessie Smith, daughter of John Smith and 
w.. Louisa Alice Taylor, who was b. Whitley, luig., IT'l). 3, 18S. 
(Candv maker, lives at Council lUuffs, Iowa.) 




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